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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 260. The idiom today is to fall on

  • deaf ears. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If something that you are

  • telling someone falls on deaf ears, it means that information is being ignored.

  • Yeah. It basically means they don't want to hear it. So we could we could see where

  • the origin comes from. Obviously, they can really hear what you're saying, they just

  • don't want to hear what you're saying. So they make their ears deaf. So that's why

  • we say it falls on deaf ears. Because we know they won't listen to you. They

  • ignore you. So that's what we mean by this phrase. So again it's kind of a

  • humorous way to express this idea. That it doesn't matter what you say to

  • somebody then they don't plan on listening to you. We often use it with

  • complaints you know, like complaints will fall on deaf ears. Pleas for help will

  • fall on deaf ears. Advice you could give somebody advice but they don't really

  • want to listen to it, So your advice could fall on deaf ears.

  • So we especially use it with things like this. Okay. Let's look at this. We have

  • four examples here. Example number one. We sent letters to our Congressman about

  • this issue, but our cries for help fell on deaf ears. Yes. So they sent a lot

  • of complaints but nothing was done. Nothing happened. Nothing came about . All

  • right. Let's look at number two. I have often tried to give her advice but all

  • my suggestions fell on deaf ears. So maybe you tried to give this person

  • advice a lot. And you thought they should have took it, but really maybe they

  • didn't really ...never really wanted to take it. They never took it and probably maybe

  • this ended up with a bad result. So you're saying , well you tried to warn

  • them. You tried to help them , but they wouldn't listen . All your advice fell on

  • deaf ears. Okay. Let's look at number three.

  • It doesn't matter how many names you put on that petition. Most of Congress is

  • bought and paid for. Your pleas fall on deaf ears because they only care

  • about who is giving them political donations. All right. So all right so

  • remember a lot of times even the government itself has a lot of petitions.

  • There's a website where you can sign up if you get so many names then they're

  • supposed to respond to it. Well a lot of times those things fill up with a lot of

  • names. They don't always give you a real response. They don't really always

  • address it, but they do have a website where you can do it. But you know a lot

  • of times even some things with a lot of names sometimes ends up falling on deaf

  • ears. Okay good and the last one here. Number four. That company already made up

  • its mind. Meaning it already decided. Maybe you can't change it anymore. Even

  • if you send in a thousand complaints, they will fall on deaf ears. So you send

  • a lot more complaints. They made up their mind already. It's not likely it's going to

  • change. Everything you say to them is falling on deaf ears. They refuse to

  • listen to it. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. Thank you for your time.

  • Bye-bye.

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