1 Accessible rooms are available at the Hilton Sydney hotel offering lowered facilities, hand rails and a range of luxury amenities.  Accessible rooms are available at the Hilton Sydney hotel offering lowered facilities, hand rails and a range of luxury amenities.
In 1738 it was used by Jonathan Swift in his Polite Conversation and is first attested in the United States in the 1713 Works of Thomas Chalkley. The full saying is: There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.
The phrase âturn a blind eyeââoften used to refer to a willful refusal to acknowledge a particular realityâdates back to a legendary chapter in the career of the British naval hero Horatio Nelson. During 1801âs Battle of Copenhagen, Nelsonâs ships were pitted against a large Danish-Norwegian fleet.