English Dictionary

shut one's eyes and think of England

動詞

別表記 異形 婉語 慣用表現

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Alternative form of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures.

日本語の意味

社会的な圧力により、望ましくない性行為を受け入れることを意味する（婉曲表現）。

In that conservative community, people were expected to shut one's eyes and think of England when a partner insisted, even if they didn't want to.

その保守的なコミュニティでは、パートナーが強く求めても、望まない性行為を社会的圧力のために受け入れることが求められていた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Alternative form of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures.

Once she got going on the subject of that poor mutt's performance—or, more properly, lack of it—there was no stopping her. I hardly knew where to put my face, let alone various other portions of my anatomy. It was what you might call an illustrated lecture, see? Everything but the magic lantern slides. In the end I just shut my eyes and thought of England.

shuts one's eyes and thinks of England （ present singular third-person ）

shutting one's eyes and thinking of England （ participle present ）

shut one's eyes and thought of England （ participle past ）

shut one's eyes and thought of England （ past ）