turn a deaf ear

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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَمَّ الأُذُنَ عَنْ (ṣamma l-ʔuḏuna ʕan) — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Chinese Mandarin: 充耳不聞 /充耳不闻 (chōng'ěrbùwén) — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Finnish: kaikua kuuroille korville — to refuse to listen or hear something
• French: faire la sourde oreille — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Galician: facerse o xordo — to refuse to listen or hear something
• German: (gegenüber etwas) sich taub stellen — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Hungarian: a füle botját sem mozdítja — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Icelandic: láta sem vind um eyru þjóta — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Icelandic: láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Icelandic: daufheyrast við — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Icelandic: skella skolleyrum við — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Italian: fare orecchi da mercante — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Japanese: 聞く耳を持たぬ (kiku mimi o motanu) — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Māori: tetērongo — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Māori: whakatuturi — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Māori: whātuturi — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Norwegian Bokmål: vende det døve øret til — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Polish: puszczać mimo uszu — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Polish: puścić mimo uszu — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Portuguese: fazer ouvidos moucos — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Portuguese: fazer ouvidos de mercador — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Russian: пропуска́ть ми́мо уше́й (propuskátʹ mímo ušéj) — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Spanish: hacerse el sordo — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Spanish: hacer oídos sordos — to refuse to listen or hear something
• Swedish: slå dövörat till — to refuse to listen or hear something