French idioms
What does “Faire la sourde oreille” mean?
Faire la sourde oreille
Word for word
To make the deaf ear
What it really means
To pretend not to have heard so as to avoid answering or acting. Widely used for requests, reminders and complaints that go ignored.
How we say it in English
To turn a deaf ear
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