skella skolleyrum við
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Verb
- (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
See skella.
Synonyms
- (to turn a deaf ear): láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta, láta sem vind um eyru þjóta, daufheyrast við