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talk to a brick wall

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

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

colloquial, idiomatic

Equivalents

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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.
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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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