fall on deaf ears

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Verb

fall on deaf ears

(intransitive, idiomatic) Of a request, complaint, statement, etc, to be ignored.
Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.

Synonyms

(be ignored): go in one ear and out the other

Translations

of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored

Finnish: kaikua kuuroille korville
French: tomber dans l’oreille d’un sourd (fr)
German: auf taube Ohren stoßen (de)
Hungarian: süket fülekre talál

Italian: essere ignorato, non trovare ascolto
Russian: ^{(please verify)} в одно ухо влетает, в другое вылетает (v odno uxo vletajet, v drugoje vyletajet), ^{(please verify)} пропустить мимо ушей (ru) (propustitʹ mimo ušej)
Spanish: caer en saco roto (es)
Telugu: చెవిటివాని ముందు శంఖమూదినట్లు (ceviṭivāni mundu śaṅkhamūdinaṭlu)

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