Meaning of fall on deaf ears | Babel Free
Equivalents
Deutsch
auf taube Ohren stoßen
Español
caer en saco roto
Français
tomber dans l'oreille d'un sourd
Magyar
süket fülekre talál
Nederlands
aan dovemansoren gericht zijn
Português
cair em saco roto
Examples
“Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.”
“Then there's the sad fact that for many, this place is all they know. It's home. Soooo, conversation relating to living beyond the walls falls on deaf ears sometimes.”
“My earlier warnings, both in RAIL and in an article I wrote for The Times, have not fallen on deaf ears. There are many people (I suspect most) in the [rail] industry who recognise that telling people not to use their trains will cause lasting damage, but they are silenced publicly because they are now taking the Government's shilling.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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