The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
none so blind as those who will not see — This idiom is used when people refuse to accept facts presented to them. ( None so deaf as those who will not hear is an alternative.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
there’s none so blind as those who will not see — Parallel to there’s none so deaf as those who will not hear. In both proverbs, will not has the force of ‘does not wish to’ or ‘refuses to’. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. ix. K4 Who is so deafe, or so blynde, as is hee, That wilfully… … Proverbs new dictionary
there’s none so deaf as those who will not hear — Similar to there’s none so blind as those who will not see. Cf. mid 14th cent. Fr. il n’est si mavais sours que chuis ch’oër ne voeilt, there is no person so deaf as the one who does not wish to hear. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. ix.… … Proverbs new dictionary
none — see a bad excuse is better than none there’s none so blind as those who will not see none but the brave deserve the fair there’s none so deaf as those who will not hear jack of all trades and master of none … Proverbs new dictionary
blind — see there’s none so blind as those who will not see when the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch a blind man’s wife needs no paint in the country of the blind, the one eyed man is king a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a … Proverbs new dictionary
see — what you see is what you get see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see there’s none so blind as those who will not see what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over … Proverbs new dictionary
will — noun see where there’s a will, there’s a way he that complies against his will is of his own opinion still verb see he that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay if anything can go wrong, it will th … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
blindness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of sight Nouns 1. blindness, sightlessness, anopsia, cecity; total or legal blindness, binocular deprivation; blind spot; amaurosis; cataract; dimsightedness (See vision); benightedness; night or… … English dictionary for students
injustice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of justice Nouns 1. injustice, unjustness, unfairness; bias, warp, twist, partiality, prejudice, inequity, inequitableness; bigotry, black justice; pedantry; unsportsmanlike conduct; favoritism,… … English dictionary for students
