wear\ blinders

wear\ blinders
• wear blinders
• wear blinkers
v. phr.
To refuse or be unable to consider alternative ways of thinking or acting.

Anybody who disputes the importance of learning languages is wearing blinders.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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