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fall on deaf ears
Idioms and Phrases
Be ignored or disregarded, as in Any advice we give them about remodeling seems to fall on deaf ears . This expression transfers physical inability to hear to someone who does not want to listen. [1400s] Also see turn a deaf ear .Example Sentences
Fans in India, though, have often seen that plea fall on deaf ears.
He's right about this, but his words will fall on deaf ears.
Of course, his boasts are always lies so they tend to fall on deaf ears, but it reveals how he sees himself as president.
This is one last plea, and she knows it will fall on deaf ears.
When some coaches make such exacting requests or tell eccentric stories like the ones Harbaugh spins, the messages can fall on deaf ears, Leaf said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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