skella skolleyrum við
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Icelandic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (with dative) to pretend not to hear something; to turn a deaf ear to something
- Ráðherrann hefur skellt skolleyrum við öllum varnaðarorðum.
- The minister has turned a deaf ear to all words of warning.
Conjugation
[edit]See skella.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to turn a deaf ear): láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta, láta sem vind um eyru þjóta, daufheyrast við