shut one's eyes and think of England

present singular third person shuts one's eyes and thinks of England · participle present shutting one's eyes and thinking of England · participle past shut one's eyes and thought of England · past shut one's eyes and thought of England

1. alternativeeuphemisticidiomaticAlternative form of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures.

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   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.

   1982, Sylvia Theresa Haymon, Ritual Murder, page 136