fall on deaf ears

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

fall on deaf ears

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a request, complaint, statement, etc, to be ignored.

   Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.

Synonyms

• (be ignored): go in one ear and out the other

Translations

of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored

• Finnish: kaikua kuuroille korville
• French: tomber dans l’oreille d’un sourd (fr)
• German: auf taube Ohren stoßen (de)
• Hungarian: süket fülekre talál
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• Italian: essere ignorato, non trovare ascolto
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} в одно ухо влетает, в другое вылетает (v odno uxo vletajet, v drugoje vyletajet), ^{(please verify)} пропустить мимо ушей (ru) (propustitʹ mimo ušej)
• Spanish: caer en saco roto (es)
• Telugu: చెవిటివాని ముందు శంఖమూదినట్లు (ceviṭivāni mundu śaṅkhamūdinaṭlu)