fall on deaf ears
idiom
: to fail to be heard : to be ignored
Her pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears.
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Summers predicted those claims will fall on deaf ears, given China’s own reliance on industrial policy, protectionist measures, and subsidies.
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 29 Mar. 2024
Iran’s threats of more severe action in case of further escalation may fall on deaf ears in Israel, to its own peril.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Calls for space arms control measures will likely fall on deaf ears in the Kremlin.
—Aaron Bateman, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
Ahn Young-joon/AP Such calls seem to fall on deaf ears in Beijing and Moscow.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 29 Mar. 2024
Iran’s threats of more severe action in case of further escalation may fall on deaf ears in Israel, to its own peril.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Calls for space arms control measures will likely fall on deaf ears in the Kremlin.
—Aaron Bateman, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
Ahn Young-joon/AP Such calls seem to fall on deaf ears in Beijing and Moscow.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
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