It means to ignore something. The image is of having one ear that can't hear, and deliberately turning your head so that the deaf ear is toward the thing you're ignoring.
Yes, it is. It means unable to hear, as in deaf person, or deaf ear.The adjective is applied to humans and animals who ordinarily would have a sense of hearing, but do not. It is also used metaphorically to mean ignoring suggestions, e.g. to turn a deaf ear.
"Turn a deaf ear" is an idiomatic expression meaning to ignore or pay no attention to something.
Henry Lawson became deaf in 1910 due to a combination of factors including an ear infection, misuse of mercury-based medications, and heavy drinking.
Click here for the ASL word for deaf.Note: This sign is not the same in other sign languages.
Yes, oreja means ear in Spanish.
Yes, it is. It means unable to hear, as in deaf person, or deaf ear.The adjective is applied to humans and animals who ordinarily would have a sense of hearing, but do not. It is also used metaphorically to mean ignoring suggestions, e.g. to turn a deaf ear.
Lewis Carroll was deaf in his right ear.
Yes, Simon is deaf in his right ear!
Yeah :(My baby is deaf from his left ear :(
"Turn a deaf ear" is an idiomatic expression meaning to ignore or pay no attention to something.
Beethoven was deaf in both ears.
being deaf is a problem with the ear
He is deaf in one ear only .
Vincent Van Gogh is said to have cut off a piece of his ear for a lover, leaving him partially deaf. So to say someone has "Van Gogh's ear for music" is akin to calling said person tone deaf.
Ronald Reagan was deaf , or almost deaf, in one ear due to an accident when he was making a movie. He wore a hearing aid which, according to stories, he wouild turn off on occasion during boring meetings. I think he was the nearest to deaf US president ever,
his left ear. he tells the person he is talking to to go on his right side because that one is deaf.
"I rather tell thee what is to be fear'dThan what I fear; for always I am Caesar.Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf,And tell me truly what thou think'st of him."