Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “turn a blind eye” and its meaning is “overlook, disregard, neglect, ignore, gloss over”.
Example Sentence: And unlike with other commonly used pesticides, the government has turned a blind eye for decades when it comes to monitoring glyphosate (pesticide) – failing to test for it on food and in our bodies.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article You have pesticides in your body. But an organic diet can reduce them by 70% and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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