单词	deaf as a post
释义	deaf as a post Thesaurus Adj. 1. deaf as a post - totally deaf; unable to hear anythingprofoundly deaf, stone-deaf, unhearingdeaf - lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part deaf as a post (as) deaf as a post Unable to hear well or at all. Potentially offensive. I hope Grandpa wears his hearing aid to dinner tonight because he's as deaf as a post without it. After years of listening to loud rock music, I'm deaf as a post.See also: deaf, post *deaf as a post deaf. (*Also:as ~.) When my cousin was a teenager, she played her drum set without ear protection, and she was as deaf as a post by the age of twenty-five. Mark can't hear you even if you shout; he's deaf as a post.See also: deaf, post deaf as a post Also, deaf as an adder. Unable to hear or to listen, as in Speak louder, Grandpa's deaf as a post. The first simile has its origin in John Palsgrave's Acolastus (1540): "How deaf an ear I intended to give him ... he were as good to tell his tale to a post." It has largely replaced deaf as an adder, alluding to an ancient belief that adders cannot hear; it is recorded in the Bible (Psalms 58:3-5). See also: deaf, post deaf as a post OLD-FASHIONEDIf someone is as deaf as a post, they are very deaf. My Dad is as deaf as a post.See also: deaf, post (as) deaf as a ˈpost (informal) unable to hear anything: You’ll have to shout if you want her to hear you. She’s as deaf as a post.See also: deaf, post deaf as a post Unable to hear or to listen. The simile dates from the sixteenth century, when J. Palsgrave wrote (Acolastus, 1540), “He wotteth ful lyttel how deffe an eare I intended to gyue him . . . he were as good to tell his tale to a poste.” It caught on and has survived to the present, outliving such similes as deaf as an adder (first recorded in the Book of Psalms, 58:4–5), deaf as a beetle, and deaf as a white cat. See also fall on deaf ears; turn a blind eye/deaf ear.See also: deaf, post EncyclopediaSeedeafLegalSeeDeaf deaf as a post adj Synonyms for deaf as a post adj totally deaf Synonyms profoundly deaf stone-deaf unhearing Related Words deaf
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