Idiom | Meaning | Example Sentence |
Close one’s ears to | Deliberately not listen or consider | They closed their ears to the warnings about the risks. |
Fall on deaf ears | Be disregarded or not acknowledged | His advice fell on deaf ears among the team members. |
Give someone the cold shoulder | Treat someone with indifference | After their argument, she gave him the cold shoulder. |
Turn a blind eye | Purposely ignore or overlook | The supervisor turned a blind eye to the rule violation. |
Turn a deaf ear | Ignore or refuse to listen | She turned a deaf ear to his excuses for being late. |