turn a deaf ear

English

Verb

turn a deaf ear

(idiomatic) to refuse to listen or hear something

Translations

to refuse to listen or hear something

Chinese:
Mandarin: 充耳不聞 (zh), 充耳不闻 (zh) (chōng'ěrbùwén)
Finnish: kaikua kuuroille korville
French: faire la sourde oreille (fr)
Galician: facerse o xordo
German: (gegenüber etwas) sich taub stellen
Hungarian: a füle botját sem mozdítja (hu)

Icelandic: láta sem vind um eyru þjóta, láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta (is), daufheyrast við, skella skolleyrum við
Italian: fare orecchi da mercante
Japanese: 聞く耳を持たぬ (きくみみをもたぬ, kiku mimi o motanu)
Maori: tetērongo, whakatuturi, whātuturi
Russian: пропуска́ть ми́мо уше́й (ru) (propuskátʹ mímo ušéj) (let go past the ears)
Spanish: hacerse el sordo, hacer oídos sordos

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