- deaf as a stone
- totally deaf; is incapable of hearing anything; stone-deaf
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
deaf as a stone
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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
