bịt mắt
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Definition
- Verb:
- To blindfold: To cover someone's eyes with a cloth or other material to prevent them from seeing.
- To fool, to deceive: To trick or cheat someone, often by hiding the truth or reality from them.
Usage Examples
- Verb (To blindfold):
- Cảnh sát bịt mắt tên tội phạm. (The police blindfolded the criminal.)
- Trong trò chơi, họ bịt mắt tôi lại. (In the game, they blindfolded me.)
- Verb (To fool, to deceive):
- Không thể bịt mắt công chúng mãi được. (You cannot fool the public forever.)
- Hắn ta cố bịt mắt mọi người bằng những lời hứa hão. (He tried to deceive everyone with empty promises.)
Advanced Usage
- "bịt mắt bịt tai": To turn a blind eye and a deaf ear; to deliberately ignore something.
- Anh ta chọn bịt mắt bịt tai trước sự thật. (He chose to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the truth.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bịt (verb): To cover, to block, to seal (e.g., - to cover one's ears, - to gag someone).
- Mắt (noun): Eye.
- Trò bịt mắt bắt dê (noun phrase): The game of blind-man's-buff.
Synonyms
- Che mắt (verb): To cover the eyes.
- Lừa dối, đánh lừa (verb): To deceive, to trick.
Related Phrases
- Bịt mắt lại (phrasal verb): To blindfold (someone).
- Hãy bịt mắt lại trước khi vào phòng. (Please blindfold yourself before entering the room.)
Related Idioms
- Bịt mắt bắt chim: Literally "to blindfold and catch birds"; to act blindly or based on guesswork, often leading to failure.
- Làm thế chẳng khác nào bịt mắt bắt chim. (Doing that is no different from acting blindly.)
- Blindfold
- Fool, cheat
- Trò bịt mắt bắt dêBlind-man's-buff