| 单词 | deaf as a post |
| 释义 | deaf as a postAlso, 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). Words nearby deaf as a postdead zone, deaerate, deaf, deaf aid, deaf-and-dumb, deaf as a post, deaf-blind, deafen, deafening, deafferentation, deaf-mute 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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