fall on deaf ears

IGNOREif advice or a warning falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it 〔建议、警告〕遭人忽视，不被理睬

Examples from the Corpus

fall on deaf ears• As rioting continued, Mayor Warren appealed for calm, but his words fell on deaf ears.• Those words fell on deaf ears.• His pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears.• The workers' demand for a wage increase has fallen on deaf ears.• Their requests fell on deaf ears.• But my suggestions fell on deaf ears.• Invitations by Paredes to the various governors to second his plan fell on deaf ears.• Pleas that the couple and their two young children will be homeless and facing financial ruin have fallen on deaf ears.• Until Friday, such complaints appeared to fall on deaf ears at the Treasury.• They formulated a programme of demands, but these fell on deaf ears in Petrograd.• Arguments that some of the skills practised by pupils are obsolete fall on deaf ears, or are heeded only very slowly.

→ fall on deaf ears at deaf(4)

单词	fall on deaf ears
释义	fall on deaf ears fall on deaf ears IGNOREif advice or a warning falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it 〔建议、警告〕遭人忽视，不被理睬 Examples from the Corpus fall on deaf ears• As rioting continued, Mayor Warren appealed for calm, but his words fell on deaf ears.• Those words fell on deaf ears.• His pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears.• The workers' demand for a wage increase has fallen on deaf ears.• Their requests fell on deaf ears.• But my suggestions fell on deaf ears.• Invitations by Paredes to the various governors to second his plan fell on deaf ears.• Pleas that the couple and their two young children will be homeless and facing financial ruin have fallen on deaf ears.• Until Friday, such complaints appeared to fall on deaf ears at the Treasury.• They formulated a programme of demands, but these fell on deaf ears in Petrograd.• Arguments that some of the skills practised by pupils are obsolete fall on deaf ears, or are heeded only very slowly. → fall on deaf ears at deaf(4)
随便看	the workers the workings the works the world the world and his wife the world at large the world bank the-world-bank the world council of churches the-world-council-of-churches the world cup the-world-cup the world health organization the-world-health-organization the world is oyster the world is your oyster the world series the-world-series the world service the-world-service the world trade center the-world-trade-center the world trade organization the-world-trade-organization the world wide fund for nature