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‘I found her batting at the door of the spice cupboard, yowling fit to wake Mrs R next door, and she's deaf as a post.’
‘Will the next generation be deaf as posts by the time they're middle-aged?’
‘Top form if you ignore the fact that she's as deaf as a post, and her eyesight is selective. But she's happy, and all is well.’
‘The teacher, ‘Harry’ Harrison was about ninety years old and was as deaf as a post.’
‘But their house was the last one in the terrace, next to a lane - well, you know that, it's yours now - and the old boy that lived over the lane was as deaf as a post.’
‘This was always something of a drama as he'd become as deaf as a post and would stand in the hall shouting into the phone, ‘Hello?’’
‘Sir Jack, by the way, is as deaf as a post these days and it is a real shame to see him being interviewed.’
‘She's a guest they have on Countdown who's as deaf as a post.’
‘Our goalie was as deaf as a post, and tended not to hear our shouts to remind him the ball was coming until it was far too late.’
‘Grandma Jo on the other hand is all up for it and she probably didn't hear him in the first place because she's as deaf as a post!’
‘A nurse responsible for the care of America's greatest newspaperman, and she's as deaf as a post.’
‘Now I live with a woman who is not only deaf as a post but, as a result of her stroke, has short-term memory loss.’
‘It seems it's still easier to see me as a Machiavellian force preventing her from communicating with her friends than to accept that she's deaf as a post and increasingly anti-social.’
hard of hearing, hearing-impaired, with impaired hearing, unhearing, stone deaf, deafened, profoundly deaf
‘They always ignored her when she walked by, Garcia said, and any requests for a meeting fell on deaf ears.’
‘I pleaded with them to close the park but my pleas fell on deaf ears.’
‘But his pleas fell on deaf ears as panic-stricken people moved towards the water.’
‘His pleas fell on deaf ears as the jury took less then an hour to find him guilty.’
‘Mr Anderson said: ‘Our requests are falling on deaf ears.’’
‘Churchill's words that our war heroes gave their yesterdays for our todays have certainly fallen on deaf ears.’
‘Par for the course, cries for change in the industry have fallen on deaf ears.’
‘Mr Hemmingham has written two letters requesting a meeting with the Owls supremo but both have fallen on deaf ears.’
‘Yet Ethiopia's earlier appeals for concessions to the ruling have fallen on deaf ears.’
‘Paris was besieged and starved into submission and the French pleas for foreign intervention fell on deaf ears.’
‘Despite the sincerity of such statements, many of the concerns seemed to fall on deaf ears.’
‘Despite the fact that it echoed the private cries of so many, it seems likely to land on deaf ears in the media and the political elite.’
‘Alas, her request fell on deaf ears - Alex and Tiffany were squabbling over a chair.’
‘Sadly, the requests often fall on deaf ears with some power brokers too wrapped up in their own interests to act on what is right.’
‘Although the Queen chatted as she handed it over, Mr Carmichael admitted that her words had fallen on deaf ears.’
‘I am sad to say that my plea fell on deaf ears, and I was denied opportunity to put this plan into action.’
‘But as far as I remember, he has always blamed me for the destruction of his bicycle, with my pleas for forgiveness falling on deaf ears.’
‘Unfortunately is would seem that our community pleas are falling on deaf ears.’
‘The crew spotted another ship and flagged it down, but pleas for food fell on deaf ears, so that the crew was once again near starvation.’
‘But the protests and concerns seem to have fallen on deaf ears at the Scottish Prison Service.’
turn a deaf ear
Refuse to listen or respond to a statement or request.
‘he turned a deaf ear to all appeals’
‘The fact of the matter is, this administration has turned a deaf ear to the industrial heartland.’
‘When environmental concerns were initially raised, early on, Government turned a deaf ear.’
‘On this occasion, the Coalition has turned a deaf ear to the advice of the Attorney General and an independent legal expert, both of whom believe it to be unconstitutional.’
‘Unfortunately, despite the protests that women's organisations have made over the years, successive governments seem to have turned a deaf ear to their pleas.’
‘You turned a deaf ear to the worldwide protests.’
‘In her complaint to the SSP, Ms Suman alleged that the despite repeated representations the local police turned a deaf ear to their grievances.’
‘When the property management company turned a deaf ear to residents' advice, residents refused to pay the fees.’
‘The Minister is turning a deaf ear to the pleas of the people on the ground who know first hand what the situation is.’
‘While society turns a deaf ear to such helpless women, it gives full credence to unmarried females who are at liberty to decide the fates of innocent males.’
‘Like any parent whose pockets are empty, I turned a deaf ear.’
‘Unfortunately, these same people can turn a deaf ear when forced to listen to someone else's point of view.’
‘Not only was the boss unaware of the fact, but he turned a deaf ear to the numerous warnings of his editorial team and promoted the young journalist to the prestigious national reporting staff.’
‘The bishop has turned a deaf ear to their repeated pleas to him to reverse this decision.’
‘In spite of this, I sometimes feel like turning a deaf ear to their words, because often mindless politicians are not prudent when they make speeches in public.’
‘But no matter how many warning signs have been flashed-up and alarm bells rung up the Government is hell bent on on closing its eyes and turning a deaf ear.’
‘Her efforts to find her son a permanent job even as a peon have been futile; the block development officer turns a deaf ear to her requests, she says.’
‘But the banking industry is apparently turning a deaf ear to the central bank's call as bank lending still stood high at around 17 percent to 18 percent.’
‘She just accepted what the book said about how to feed our daughter, and turned a deaf ear to me, even if the hungry baby was crying for milk.’
‘Ever get the feeling our Prime Minister just turns a deaf ear whenever he's given information that doesn't fit neatly with his politics?’
‘The federation spokesman today said it had to go ahead with the agitation as the government has turned a deaf ear to the demands of the doctors, who have repeatedly drawn attention to these demands for the past three years.’
pay no attention, pay no attention to, ignore, disregard, pay no heed, pay no heed to, take no account, take no account of, turn a deaf ear, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, set aside, turn a blind eye, turn a blind eye to, shut one's eyes, shut one's eyes to, pass over, let pass, let go, overlook, look the other way, pretend not to notice