Complete Definition of "fall on deaf ears"

English

Verb
fall on deaf ears

  1. idiom Of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored.

#:Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.

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Russian: в одно ��о вле�ае�, в д��гое в�ле�ае� flies into one ear and flies from the other(), п�оп���и�� мимо ��ей (to let go past ons ears)
Telugu: ��వి�ివాని మ��ద� శ��మ�దిన��ల� (cheviTivaani muMdu SaMkhamoodinaTlu?)

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