sordo
deaf.
Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.
caer en oídos sordos
fall (up)on + deaf ears
meet + deaf ears
I realize that our pleas are no doubt continuing to fall on deaf ears at Thomson.
The same argument on the part of librarians met deaf ears.
con un ruido sordo
plump
She got partly into the saddle, clung there for a few harrowing seconds, and then went over his head and plump into a snowdrift beside the stable.
hacer oídos sordos
turn + a deaf ear to
This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor.
hacerse el sordo
turn + a deaf ear to
pretend + not to have heard
turn + a blind eye to
This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor.
The women will either look uncomfortable and make a hasty exit or will stand there with blank looks on their faces pretending not to have heard.
Teachers and librarians cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the literature a child is brought up with at home, no matter how anemic and worthless it may seem to be.
más sordo que una tapia
as deaf as a post
He is as deaf as a post and should have retired years ago.
oídos sordos
deaf ears
The article is entitled 'Deaf ears in Brussels: what Europe could learn from Colombia and other places'.
ruido sordo
thud
Soon the hills began to echo with the thud of the woodsman's axe and a sawmill was erected.
servicios bibliotecarios para los sordos [Servicios que una biblioteca presta para facilitar y posibilitar el uso de la biblioteca y de su material por los lectores con problemas auditivos]
library services for the deaf
This article suggests low cost solutions to improve library services for the deaf.
sordo como una tapia
stone deaf
In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness that left him stone deaf.
sordos, los [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
deaf, the
deafened people
One service for the deaf is addition of sign language or subtitles to films.
In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.
tan sordo como una tapia
as deaf as a post
He is as deaf as a post and should have retired years ago.
