[VP; subj: human]
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⇒ to make one-sided judgments about s.o. or sth. based entirely on one's own limited perspective:
- X смотрит на Y-а со своей колокольни{{}}≈ X sees (judges, looks at) Y (things) solely from X's own point of view;
- X takes a narrow view of Y.
♦ Она смотрит со своей колокольни и не видит многого, не помнит, не хочет знать (Трифонов 6). She took a narrow view of things-there was much she did not see, did not remember and did not want to hear (6a).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.