英语词汇turn a deaf ear的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	turn a deaf ear
词源	turn a deaf ear. People have been turning or giving deaf ears to others, “refusing to listen,” since at least the 14th century. A similar expression is to close or stop one’s ears, the latter used by Shakespeare in A Winter’s Tale.
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