ทำเป็นหูหนวกตาบอด(tam bpen hŏo nùuak dtaa bòt)

Meanings

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[to] turn a blind eye; [to] pretend not to see or hear; [to] feign ignorance

An idiom meaning to pretend not to see or hear something; to deliberately ignore a situation.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowลอกlókลอกlók1[to] peel; flake off2[to] copy; duplicate3[to] molt; shed (skin/scales)ข้อสอบkôr sòpข้อสอบkôr sòp1exam; test; examination paper2exam question; test itemแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำเป็นหูหนวกตาบอดtam bpen hŏo nùuak dtaa bòtทำเป็นหูหนวกตาบอดtam bpen hŏo nùuak dtaa bòt[to] turn a blind eye; [to] pretend not to see or hear; [to] feign ignoranceไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)บอกbòkบอกbòk1[to] tell; inform2[to] ask/tell (someone to do something) (colloquial)3[to] indicate; show4[to] state; say (reporting speech)ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)
He saw his friend cheating on the exam but pretended not to see and didn't tell the teacher.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ทำเป็นหูหนวกtam bpen hŏo nùuakทำเป็นหูหนวกtam bpen hŏo nùuak[to] pretend not to hear; [to] ignorePart 1
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ตาบอดdtaa bòtตาบอดdtaa bòt1blind (unable to see)2a blind person (use with care)3figuratively 'blind' (unaware)Part 2
ทำเป็นหูหนวกตาบอดtam bpen hŏo nùuak dtaa bòtทำเป็นหูหนวกตาบอดtam bpen hŏo nùuak dtaa bòt[to] turn a blind eye; [to] pretend not to see or hear; [to] feign ignorance