szemet huny

Hungarian

Etymology

szem (“eye”) + -et (“accusative suffix”) + huny (“to shut”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛmɛthuɲ]

Verb

szemet huny

  1. (idiomatic) to turn a blind eye (to something felett) (to deliberately overlook something unpleasant or improper)

Derived terms
  • szemhunyásnyi (wink, as in ’I didn’t sleep a wink’)
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