preach to deaf ears
verbDefinitions
To attempt to persuade a party that does not wish to listen or cannot be altered in its…
To attempt to persuade a party that does not wish to listen or cannot be altered in its conviction.
- Roosevelt was tired of preaching to deaf ears. He was ready to try something else.
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No curated loop yet for preach to deaf ears. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA