trompe l’œil, a head for heights, acrophobia, Commands Coronavirus Fight From Safe Heights

Where’s Xi? China’s Leader Commands Coronavirus Fight From Safe Heights

By CHRIS BUCKLEY and STEVEN LEE MYERS

Xi Jinping has backed out of the spotlight as the country faces its worst crisis in years, reflecting the political risks he faces if efforts to contain the virus fail.

【中国疫情形势严峻 外媒关注习近平前线隐身 】来自中国的最新消息显示，#新型冠状病毒肺炎 疫情形势在继续恶化，官方正式公布的疫情死亡人数已经超过2003年的萨斯（严重急性呼吸系统综合症）造成的死亡人数。与此同时，声言“一直亲自指挥、亲自部署”应对疫情的中国国家主席习近平只是在安全的高处发号施令的言行受到外媒的关注和评论。

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Head for heights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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To have a head for heights means that one has no acrophobia, an irrational fear of heights, and is not particularly prone to fear of falling or suffering from vertigo, ...

trompe l'oeil

Pronunciation: /trɒmp ˈlɔɪ/ 

Pronunciation: /tʀɔ̃p lœj/ 

NOUN (plural trompe l'oeils pronounced same)

[MASS NOUN]

1Visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object:look at the pillars and arches around the immense dome—they are trompe l'œilhis love of classical trompe l'œil is sometimes a little precious[AS MODIFIER]: trompe l'œil architectural detailstrompe l'œil marble

1.1[COUNT NOUN] A painting or design intended to create a visual illusion:she climbed up to paint a trompe l'œil over the brackets as camouflage

Origin

French, literally 'deceives the eye'.