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Definition 2024

fall_on_deaf_ears

fall on deaf ears

English

Verb

fall on deaf ears

(intransitiv, 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

French: tomber dans l’oreille d’un sourd (fr)
Hungarian: süket fülekre talál
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)
Telugu: చెవిటివాని ముందు శంఖమూదినట్లు ‎(ceviṭivāni muṃdu śaṃkhamūdinaṭlu)