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turn a deaf ear



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Idioms and Phrases

Refuse to listen, as in You can plead all day but he's turning a deaf ear to everyone . This expression dates from the first half of the 1400s and was in most proverb collections from 1546 on. Also see fall on deaf ears .
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Today we are led by a man who believes the best thing to do to ensure world peace is to deny science, deny immigrants a chance at a decent life, quit investing in international health organizations, destroy the Palestinians while paving over Gaza and turn a deaf ear to international reactions to these policies by eliminating any ability to gather intelligence.

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"There's only so many times you can turn a deaf ear to being called murdering scum," smiles former fox hunt master, Byron John.

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The Arab group of nations says the Security Council cannot turn a deaf ear to the pleas of the international community demanding a ceasefire.

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They turn a deaf ear when the Russian leader dismisses Ukraine as a fake nation without a real identity.

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“The willingness of the national media to just turn away and turn a deaf ear …. to the disclosures that when Vice President Biden left office he left with classified documents as well, it just shows you,†Mr. Pence said.

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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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