单词 | turn a deaf ear |
释义 | turn a deaf earSEE SYNONYMS FOR turn a deaf ear ON THESAURUS.COM Refuse to listen, as in You can plead all day but he's turning a deaf ear to everyone. This expression dates from the first half of the 1400s and was in most proverb collections from 1546 on. Also see fall on deaf ears. Words nearby turn a deaf earturmoil, turn, turn a blind eye to, turnabout, Turnabout is fair play, turn a deaf ear, turn against, turn a hair, not, turn-and-bank indicator, turn-and-slip indicator, turnaround The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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