Sentences with phrase «give deaf ears»

«The world should not give deaf ears to the recent happenings in Nigeria.

But what can you do if Rover gives you a deaf ear and cares less about hearing his name?

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, given the tone and content of many of the comments here, his ideas will fall on deaf ears.

An organization using the term «progressive» in its name or mission statement will fall on deaf ears given the mess that declared and closeted progressives have made of things since the Johnson administration.

Given that Senator John McCain, who famously called MMA «human cockfighting» and a «blood sport», called for a nationwide ban in the US, which fell on deaf ears, should the UK government ban MMA and professional boxing as some other nations, such as Sweden, have?

(A Dutch delegate from South Africa said that the denunciation of racial discriminations would give great offense to his people, but his protest fell on deaf ears.)

Well written, but I think it will fall on deaf ears, my fear is as follows, it will take a loss in money for the manager and board to change, this will only come if we finish out of the top 4, but knowing the board they would still give home a season to try again, I feel very sorry for Sanchez, he is total quality and deserves better, most of the other players look settled, turn up give70 % and get paid, no matter what level you play at you should come off the pitch thinking I gave everything, how many of our players could say that, they lack motivation, player for player we are as good if not better than athletico Madrid but they have a manger that gets 100 % out of every player, Klopp is the same, but why would they leave their clubs to come here with a boar that cares about money not entertainment, Wenger was a lucky manager he inherited a top defence now his luck has run out

While Leicester's protests fell on deaf ears and replays suggested that it perhaps shouldn't have been given, substitute Harry Kane took no notice, stepped up and made no mistake as he buried his penalty to earn his side a replay.

Calls for En Avant de Guingamp's in - form attacker Claudio Beauvue to be given his first international call - up have also fallen on deaf ears.

I only go to the games a few times during the season since I don't live in England, for those who do, we need to defy those damn stewards and raise the temperature at the games, that's the only practical solution I can come up with, we are not the ones who buy the players and all the noise we have made on social media and elsewhere keeps falling on deaf ears, they will not listen to our calls for players, let's go to the games and turn the library upside down as much as we can, we can not give those players a moments rest, we, the fans pay them [gate takings and TV subscriptions], you can't take my money and not give 100 %, Wenger can pamper them, we would not, they don't read much that is being said on social media but they can't ignore our chants at the stadium.

«And when that argument fell upon deaf ears, I made one last desperate plea to the committee's sense of honor, highlighting the fact that the state Chair had given his word not only to me, but to Ms. Malliotakis....

Regardless it appears Levesons recommendations will fall on deaf ears; hardly surprising given that researchers have probably gone in to early hibernation, faced with the prospect of leafing through the 4 volume, 2000 page document.

Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, Mr. Awuni who was also the Spokesperson of former President John Kufuor said every advice he gave, as far as the takeover of Merchant bank was concerned, fell on deaf ears.

Some who were at the meeting said Black's levity was especially inappropriate given that she was addressing a community whose complaints about the scarcity of public - school seats has for years seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Given that neither of the A Haunted House films are better than the worst of the Scary Movie franchise, that's a gripe that is likely to fall on deaf ears.

Not because of incomptence with the devices I was given or the bad luck I have been so graciously holding on to due to my short stature, red hair and being deaf in one ear..

Sadly, this often just falls on deaf ears, but I do want to give the owners a chance.

I've given so many suggestions on how to better improve the dashboard during the last 3 dashboard betas, only to have my suggestions fall on deaf ears along with so many others.

Obomsawin's award - winning films address the struggles of Indigenous peoples in Canada from their perspective, giving prominence to voices that have long fallen on deaf ears.

Given that he is making claims contrary to the evidence, I'm not surprised his protestations may be falling on deaf ears.

But his arguments fell on deaf ears as job creation was prioritized at the expense of air quality and people's health — a strange rationale given that Lafarge had actually cut jobs.