| 单词 | to fall on deaf ears |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall (also land, etc.) on deaf ears to fall (also land, etc.) on deaf ears and variants: (of a request, plea, or statement) to be ignored, or received with coldness or indifference. ΚΠ 1739 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 15 Sept. But I speak to deaf ears, and strive in vain to animate the broken Courage of those..Men.] 1804 J. Lackington Confessions 54 lf haply not too late my friendly call Strike on deaf ears [misquoting 1777 W. Dodd: dead ears]. 1838 N.Y. Mirror 24 Nov. 170/1 ‘Mysterious man! explain yourself!’ said Howard. But the demand fell on deaf ears. 1902 O. J. Thatcher Ideas that have influenced Civilization VI. 156 He brought forward the idea of a tax on incomes. But his words fell on deaf ears. 1938 Blytheville (Arkansas) Courier News 23 May 6/1 Manager Schleicher contended the bail was foul but his plea landed on deaf ears. 1987 C. Phillips European Tribe i. 12 Muhammad thought 100 to 150 dirhams..would be in order. His words drummed on deaf ears. I gave him fifty dirhams. 2013 Church Times 22 Feb. 13/2 A call for everyone to give up eating meat is likely to fall on deaf ears. < as lemmas |
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