「睜一隻眼閉一隻眼」英文可以用 turn a blind eye 這個片語來表達。我們來看些例子:
Staff at the mall usally turn a blind eye to people who do not wear a mask.
購物中心的員工通常對於沒戴口罩的人睜一隻眼閉一隻眼
In the early days, people turned a blind eye to domestic violence as they do not want to interfer with other people's
domestic affairs.
在早期民眾對於家暴就都睜一隻眼閉一隻眼，因為民眾不想牽扯到別人家務事
另外一個美國人常用的一個成語叫做「Elephant in the room」，而其意並不是真的指一隻大象在房間裡，而是一種隱喻一個問題太過於麻煩，所有人都睜一隻眼閉一隻眼不願意討論那個問題。這個成語的啟發在於房間裡的大象是無法被房間裡的人忽視掉的，但是由於太過於麻煩所以就睜一隻眼閉一隻眼。我們來看一個例子:
In the early days, people turned a blind eye to electoral fraud, as they worried that they would be targeted by corrupt politicians once they had reported bribery. Electoral fraud was the elephant in the room.
在早期民眾對於賄選就都睜一隻眼閉一隻眼，因為民眾擔心檢舉會被背政治人物各種刁難或盯上，賄選是一件大家都不願意去提出來正視的事情
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