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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

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