How is “shut your eyes to” used?

In Fiddler on the Roof (1971), one line is: “You can't close your eyes to what's happening in the world.”

Which movie is “shut your eyes to” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Fiddler on the Roof (1971).

You can't close your eyes to what's happening in the world.

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to pretend that you have not noticed sth so that you do not have to deal with it

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to pretend that you have not noticed sth so that you do not have to deal with it
I don't feel that my happiness and comfort are based on closing my eyes to trouble within myself or trouble in other people.
You can't close your eyes to what's happening in the world.

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版