turn the Nelson eye on对……熟视无睹

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

To pretend nothing has happened，ignore something，turn a blind eye on．This expression remembers British naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson，who was blinded in one eye during a sea battle．Years later，at the Battle of Copenhagen，he ignored a superior’s command to cease tighting by putting his telescope to his blind eye and pretending he hadn’t received the order．Continuing the action，he defeated the Danes．

此短语意为“假装什么事都没发生，忽视，对……熟视无睹”。这个说法是为了纪念英国海军英雄纳尔逊(Horatio Nelson)勋爵，他在海战中失去了一只眼睛。几年后，在哥本哈根战役中，他不理睬上级停战的命令，把望远镜放在失明的眼睛上，假装没接到命令，继续战斗，最终击败丹麦人。