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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Blind check
He turned a blind eye to this matter.
He gave a blind check to this matter.
Are they correcnt and is the second sentence common?
Thanks
LiJ
He gave a blind check to this matter.
Are they correcnt and is the second sentence common?
Thanks
LiJ
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Hi LiJ, "blind eye" is a common expression and the first sounds fine. " A "blank check" means you can spend whatever you want. But I don't think that's what you mean.
- Hi LiJ, "blind eye" is a common expression and the first sounds fine.
- " A "blank check" means you can spend whatever you want.
- But I don't think that's what you mean.
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Hi LiJ,
"blind eye" is a common expression and the first sounds fine.
I've never heard "blind check." A "blank check" means you can spend whatever you want. But I don't think that's what you mean.
"blind eye" is a common expression and the first sounds fine.
I've never heard "blind check." A "blank check" means you can spend whatever you want. But I don't think that's what you mean.
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Hi LiJ - Happy New Year!
The first expression is very common but I've never heard the second. Could you possibly mean "a blank check"? The meaning would be similar to the first example, in that the person involved abdicates his oversight of some situation. In the first case he looks but he cannot see; in the second case he gives carte blanche, allowing someone to do wha
The first expression is very common but I've never heard the second. Could you possibly mean "a blank check"? The meaning would be similar to the first example, in that the person involved abdicates his oversight of some situation. In the first case he looks but he cannot see; in the second case he gives carte blanche, allowing someone to do wha
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LiveinjapanHe turned a blind eye to this matter.Hi,
He gave a blind check to this matter.
Are theycorrecntcorrect? and is the second sentence commonly used?
Thanks
LiJ
The first one is okay. 'Turn a blind eye' is an idiom. I have n
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Thanks, GG and - A. and HT.
'A blank check' is what I should have caught in listening Hillary Clinton's interview on cnn.com.
I heard 'I do not think we should be giving a blind check the Musharraf government' af first, but she acutually said 'I do not think we should be giving a blank check the Musharraf government' as both of you suggested.
I understand
'A blank check' is what I should have caught in listening Hillary Clinton's interview on cnn.com.
I heard 'I do not think we should be giving a blind check the Musharraf government' af first, but she acutually said 'I do not think we should be giving a blank check the Musharraf government' as both of you suggested.
I understand
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Hi LiJ.
I make it, "I do not think we should be giving the Musharraf government a blank check."
Also, check this out: EDIT: I have no idea why some of these words I wrote above are bigger. I had no intention of doing that./I did not intend to do that.
I make it, "I do not think we should be giving the Musharraf government a blank check."
Also, check this out: EDIT: I have no idea why some of these words I wrote above are bigger. I had no intention of doing that./I did not intend to do that.
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But there is something like "blind check" and it is obviously something different than "blank check".
In the movie "The Tourist" starring Johny Depp two guys in Scotland Yard suspect him of being a criminal wanted. The conversation while they regard his photo:
- Run a worldwide BLIND check on that. I bet you 10 quid there's no match.
It's about checking his identity everywhere. Some po
In the movie "The Tourist" starring Johny Depp two guys in Scotland Yard suspect him of being a criminal wanted. The conversation while they regard his photo:
- Run a worldwide BLIND check on that. I bet you 10 quid there's no match.
It's about checking his identity everywhere. Some po
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