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Kunskap och Förståelse - Ignorance

Dyk ner i engelska idiom angående okunnighet, som "fall för döva öron" och "blunda".

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to bury one's head in the sand

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

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in the dark

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

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out of the loop

not being aware of recent information about something

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to turn a deaf ear

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

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to fall on deaf ears

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

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to go in one ear and out the other

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

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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

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to fall through the cracks

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

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to fall through the cracks

(of something, particularly issues) to be completely overlooked

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to sweep something under the rug

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

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to turn a blind eye

to pretend as if one cannot see or notice something

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ostrich strategy

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

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to slip 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

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to slip through the net

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

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