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fall on deaf ears

verb

Definitions

  1. To be ignored.

    • Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.
    • Then there's the sad fact that for many, this place is all they know. It's home. Soooo, conversation relating to living beyond the walls falls on deaf ears sometimes.

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