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дальновидность не достигает и до кончика носа

English translation: to see no further than the end of (one's) nose

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08:41 Apr 27, 2011

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Russian term or phrase: дальновидность не достигает и до кончика носа

Эта выдуманная сказка есть результатом функционирования мозга человека, дальновидность которого не достигает и до кончика его же собственного носа

Do you think English audience will be able to undertand the point of this sentence should I translate it directly - vision does not reach the end of his nose...? Does anyone know of an English idiom for this?

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English translation:to see no further than the end of (one's) nose

Explanation:
see no further than (the end of) one's nose Informal
a. to be short-sighted; suffer from myopia
b. **to lack insight or foresight**

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to see no further than the end of (one's) nose

Zamira

the dearness of forethought

rns

foresight is extremely limited

Denis Shepelev

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8 mins confidence:

foresight is extremely limited

Explanation:
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Denis Shepelev
Local time: 15:00
Native speaker of:

Bulgarian,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +12

to see no further than the end of (one's) nose

Explanation:
see no further than (the end of) one's nose Informal
a. to be short-sighted; suffer from myopia
b. **to lack insight or foresight**

Zamira
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Uzbek
PRO pts in category: 18

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Thanks for your insight!

17 mins confidence:

the dearness of forethought

Explanation:
есть результатом функционирования мозга человека, дальновидность которого не достигает и до кончика его же собственного носа — is produced by the dearness of forethought in some humans

comes from Kipps, by H. G. Wells — http://goo.gl/CtPLz

rns
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 28

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