Fall on deaf ears

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Intransitive verb phrase

to fall on deaf ears (idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})

  1. 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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