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Wiedza i Zrozumienie - Ignorance

Zanurz się w angielskich idiomach dotyczących ignorancji, takich jak "wpadać w głuche uszy" i "przymykać oko".

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English idioms related to Knowledge & Understanding
to [bury|have] {one's} head in the sand

to intentionally ignore unpleasant facts about a situation and hope that the situation improves by doing so

Ex: Stop burying your head in the sand and look at the facts.
in the dark

in a state in which one is not informed about important things

Ex: If you keep investors in the dark, they will lose trust quickly.
out of the loop

not being aware of recent information about something

Ex: I must be out of the loop, because I hadn't heard about the new policy.
to [turn] a deaf ear

to pretend as if one cannot hear someone complaining or asking one something

Ex: The government turned a deaf ear to repeated calls for reform.
to [fall] on deaf ears

(of statements, warnings, requests, etc.) to be completely ignored

Ex: His concerns fell on deaf ears until the problem became serious.
to [go] in one ear and out the other

(of information, advice, etc.) to not be taken seriously and hence immediately forgotten

Ex: With him, important advice often goes in one ear and out the other.
the blind leading the blind

used to describe a situation in which an incompetent or inexperienced person is advising others who have no knowledge or experience at all

Ex: A first-year student teaching other beginners felt like the blind leading the blind.
to [fall] (through|between) the cracks

(of a person) to be completely ignored, usually in a system or process

Ex: He was quiet in class and slowly fell between the cracks.
to [fall] (through|between) the cracks

(of something, particularly issues) to be completely overlooked

Ex: Without clear ownership, important tasks can fall through the cracks.
to [sweep] {sth} under the rug

to pretend that something is not happening or is not the case

zamieść coś pod dywan, udawać, że problemu nie ma

zamieść coś pod dywan, udawać, że problemu nie ma

Ex: Instead of fixing the mistake, they swept it under the rug.

Zamiast naprawić błąd, zamietli go pod dywan.

to [turn] a blind eye

to pretend as if one cannot see or notice something

Ex: Turning a blind eye now will only make the problem worse.
ostrich (strategy|plan)

a strategy in which a person chooses to ignore or evades the truth or potential problems about a particular situation

Ex: The government's ostrich plan delayed action until the crisis exploded.
to [slip|fall] through the net

(of a person) to be neglected or go unnoticed, particularly by a social or political system that should have been more responsible

Ex: The charity was set up to help families who had fallen through the net after the flood.
to [slip|fall] through the net

(of something particularly an issue) to go unnoticed or to be overlooked within a system, plan, or organization, etc.

Ex: The privacy risk almost fell through the net during planning.
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