stop your ears

stop (one's) ears

1. Literally, to plug one's hears to avoid hearing something. The child is so nervous that he stops his ears whenever he hears loud noises nearby. I couldn't bear watching such a violent scene, so I shut my eyes and stopped my ears until it was over.

2. By extension, to willfully ignore or refuse to listen to something or what someone is saying. Usually followed by "to (someone or something)." The company is being accused of stopping its ears to employees who have presented complaints of harassment or bullying in the past. We can't stop our ears to those with differing political beliefs; they have as much of a stake in this country as we do.

stop your ears

1 put your fingers in your ears to avoid hearing. 2 refuse to listen.

词组	stop your ears
释义	stop your ears stop (one's) ears 1. Literally, to plug one's hears to avoid hearing something. The child is so nervous that he stops his ears whenever he hears loud noises nearby. I couldn't bear watching such a violent scene, so I shut my eyes and stopped my ears until it was over. 2. By extension, to willfully ignore or refuse to listen to something or what someone is saying. Usually followed by "to (someone or something)." The company is being accused of stopping its ears to employees who have presented complaints of harassment or bullying in the past. We can't stop our ears to those with differing political beliefs; they have as much of a stake in this country as we do. See also: ear, stop Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. stop your ears 1 put your fingers in your ears to avoid hearing. 2 refuse to listen. See also: ear, stop Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: stop (one's) ears sound as if sound as if (something) sound like (something) get (one's) ears set out get ears set out lower (one's) ears lower ears have (one's) ears lowered make notes References in classic literature Unlearn, I pray you, this "for," ye creating ones: your very virtue wisheth you to have naught to do with "for" and "on account of" and "because." Against these false little words shall ye stop your ears. Thus Spake Zarathustra I have been told that flying is easier than driving your car but you must take a bag of sweets to stop your ears popping and landing can be a bit bumpy but I'm looking forward to the experience, despite my nerves. Letter: Nervous about holiday flight Fast forward to more recent times - hold onto your seat, and chew some gum to stop your ears from popping. Demand, tight supply send lot prices skyward ask someone to hold a tumbler of water to your lips for you to drink while you stop your ears with your fingers ... Secrets of a housewife "You must guard against him," he warns, "as Ulysses did against the Syrens; stop your Ears, or he'll lure you with." Lewis Theobald's Orestes rebuffs the advances of Circe by invoking Ulysses in Orestes 2.1 (1731): "Avaunt, Inchantress! "Deaf as Ulysses to the Siren's Song": The Story of a Forgotten Topos [*]
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