turn a deaf ear

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

turn a deaf ear

1. (idiomatic) To refuse to listen to something.

   They turned a deaf ear to her entreaties.

Translations

to refuse to listen or hear something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 充耳不聞／充耳不闻 (zh) (chōng'ěrbùwén), 充耳不闻 (zh) (chōng'ěrbùwén)

• Finnish: kaikua kuuroille korville
• French: faire la sourde oreille (fr)
• Galician: facerse o xordo
• German: (gegenüber etwas) sich taub stellen
• Hungarian: a füle botját sem mozdítja (hu)
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• Icelandic: láta sem vind um eyru þjóta, láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta (is), daufheyrast við, skella skolleyrum við
• Italian: fare orecchi da mercante
• Japanese: 聞く耳を持たぬ (きくみみをもたぬ, kiku mimi o motanu)
• Maori: tetērongo, whakatuturi, whātuturi
• Russian: пропуска́ть ми́мо уше́й (ru) (propuskátʹ mímo ušéj) (let go past the ears)
• Spanish: hacerse el sordo, hacer oídos sordos