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Meaning of talk to a brick wall | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To be completely ignored or disregarded by someone, as if speaking to an inanimate object.

colloquial, idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch gegen eine Wand reden
Suomi kaikua kuuroille korville
Français parler à un mur
Nederlands tegen een muur praten
Polski mówić jak do ściany
Português falar com as paredes

Examples

“She never listens. We might as well talk to a brickwall.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

talk to God talk to God on the big white telephone talk to oneself talk to Ralph on the big white telephone talk to the hand talk trash

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