I often use the phrase 'hannibalian eye' to connote 'blind eye.' I use it in my everyday speech and in writing.* I know I should be less ostentatious in my choice of locution, but, if you don't know that Hannibal Barca went blind in one eye because of severe trauma on his expedition across the Appennines Mountains during the Second Punic War, well, you're a dullard.**
*
The young woman got what she deserved, but not only in punitive terms. Not only is the law punitive, it is also corrective and restorative. The judge's decision, while appearing to overstep arbitrarily, is actually an objective attempt to correct this woman's rational decision making (by having her reflect on the consequences of her actions in toto) for the sake of restoring her to law-abiding citizenship.* If the judge were to have turned a hannibalian eye on her failure to reciprocate recognition of his and the court's deserved respect, he, in turn, would not be recognizing her as a fully rational human being who is worthy of his consideration. Of course, there's always the chance that the judge is a soup-nazi of justice, so saying por favor instead of adios probably wouldn't have worked.
**For the dullards: See Livy,
Hannibal's War, trans. J.C. Yardley, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), p. 69.
