close one eye
verbEtymology Compare close one's eyes.
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Malaysia, Singapore, Idiomatic to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
- "It's also a distinctly Singaporean trait to carry on with whatever you can get away with," he added. "As long as the authorities close one eye."2019 November, Stella Ko, “Photographer subverts Singapore's 'sterile' reputation by capturing dream-like images of the city-state”, in CNN: