deaf as a stone

deaf as a stone
totally deaf; is incapable of hearing anything; stone-deaf

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • Stone-deaf — a. As deaf as a stone; completely deaf. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stone-deaf — adjective totally deaf; unable to hear anything • Syn: ↑profoundly deaf, ↑deaf as a post, ↑unhearing • Similar to: ↑deaf * * * /stohn def /, adj. totally deaf. [1830 40; …   Useful english dictionary

  • stone-deaf — adj. phr. Completely deaf. Sam is stone deaf so let him read your lips if you know no sign language. See: stone wall …   Словарь американских идиом

  • stone-deaf — {adj. phr.} Completely deaf. * /Sam is stone deaf so let him read your lips if you know no sign language./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stone-deaf — {adj. phr.} Completely deaf. * /Sam is stone deaf so let him read your lips if you know no sign language./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stone-deaf — /stohn def /, adj. totally deaf. [1830 40; STONE + DEAF] * * * …   Universalium

  • stone-deaf — adjective Completely deaf (as deaf as a stone) …   Wiktionary

  • stone — {{11}}stone (adj.) intensifying adj., 1935, first recorded in black slang, probably from earlier use in phrases like stone blind (late 14c., lit. blind as a stone ), stone deaf, etc., from STONE (Cf. stone) (n.). Stone cold sober dates from 1937 …   Etymology dictionary

  • deaf —   Kuli, ho okuli, pepeiao kuli.   Also: pa ia (temporarily); alalolo kuli, lōlōkuli.    ♦ Deaf person, kuli.    ♦ Stone deaf, kuli oko a.    ♦ To pretend to be deaf, ho okuli, ho okolono …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • Stone Age Complication — EP von Queens of the Stone Age Veröffentlichung 4. Oktober 2004 Aufnahme April 1998 2002 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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