Be as deaf as a post In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "be as deaf as a post", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Kathy Cao

2021-03-14 08:03

deaf as an adder

(as) deaf as a post informal

This idiom is likely offensive to others.

If someone is as deaf as a post, he or she is unable to hear anything.

Her grandfather's as deaf as a post.

My grandma can't hear you even if you shout; she's deaf as a post.

After years of listening to very loud music, now Linda is deaf as a post.

have a death wish

To act recklessly; to have a desire for death

dead men tell no tales

Secrets cannot be revealed by the dead.

(as) dead as mutton

Completely lifeless or defunct.

"(as) deaf as a post" is also "deaf as an adder". The first idiom has its origin in John Palsgrave's Acolastus (1540).

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let your heart rule your head

To do domething based on your emotions rather than for rational reasons

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I can't believe that Tom beat his classmate. He's always the one who let his heart rule his head.

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