stone deaf: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Completely unable to hear; totally deaf.
Examples
BetaGrandpa has been stone deaf for years and relies on a hearing aid to communicate.
Grandpa has been stone deaf for years and relies on a hearing aid to communicate.
The patient was found to be stone deaf in both ears after the accident.
The patient was found to be stone deaf in both ears after the accident.
She was stone deaf in her left ear due to an illness she had as a child.
She was stone deaf in her left ear due to an illness she had as a child.
Doctors confirmed that the damage caused her to become stone deaf permanently.
Doctors confirmed that the damage caused her to become stone deaf permanently.
- Very hard of hearing; used hyperbolically to indicate a severe reduction in hearing ability.
Examples
BetaEven with the TV volume turned up, my grandfather is stone deaf and often asks us to repeat ourselves.
Even with the TV volume turned up, my grandfather is stone deaf and often asks us to repeat ourselves.
I joked that my sister is stone deaf because she never hears me calling her from across the room.
I joked that my sister is stone deaf because she never hears me calling her from across the room.
They say he’s stone deaf when it comes to criticism — he just doesn’t listen.
They say he’s stone deaf when it comes to criticism — he just doesn’t listen.
Examples:
- EN: Oh, he's been stone deaf since birth.ES: Oh, es sordo de nacimiento.
- EN: She had scarlet feve when she was 4 years old it had left her stone deaf.ES: Tuvo la escarlatina a los cuatro años, es sorda.
- EN: My left ear's stone deaf.ES: Estoy totalmente sorda del oído izquierdo.
- EN: I'm stone deaf.ES: Estoy completamente sorda.
- EN: The rabbit had been stone deaf since birth.ES: El conejo es sordo de nacimiento.
- EN: - You ain't stone deaf are you, get out!ES: - No estás sordo. ¡Largo!
- EN: I'm stone deaf. Just as our mother was.ES: Estoy completamente sordo... como lo estaba nuestra madre.
- EN: Oh, he's been stone deaf since birth.ES: Oh, es sordo de nacimiento.
- EN: She had scarlet feve when she was 4 years old it had left her stone deaf.ES: Tuvo la escarlatina a los cuatro años, es sorda.
- EN: My left ear's stone deaf.ES: Estoy totalmente sorda del oído izquierdo.
- EN: I'm stone deaf.ES: Estoy completamente sorda.
- EN: The rabbit had been stone deaf since birth.ES: El conejo es sordo de nacimiento.
- EN: He's stone deaf.ES: Está sordo como una tapia.ES: Está sordo.
- EN: You guarantee every Frenchman is stone deaf?ES: ¿ Cree que todos los franceses están sordos?
- EN: Turn you stone deaf.ES: La semana pasada estaba sin dinero,
- EN: I'm nearly stone deaf, so you mustn't mind if I talk out of turn.ES: Estoy casi sorda, así que no se molesten si hablo sin respetar el turno.
- EN: Well, if there's anybody up there, they must be stone deaf.ES: Si hay alguien, debe de estar sordo.
- EN: You put your head in there, it's like a kettle drum. In three hours you're stone deaf.ES: ¡Si te pones la escafandra, es como un tambor en tres horas te quedarás sordo!
- EN: You didn't tell me he was stone deaf!ES: ¡No me dijiste! ¡Está sordo!
- EN: - The man's stone deaf. - Really?ES: - El hombre está sordo como una piedra. - ¿En realidad?
- EN: - You ain't stone deaf are you, get out!ES: - No estás sordo. ¡Largo!
- EN: I'm stone deaf. Just as our mother was.ES: Estoy completamente sordo... como lo estaba nuestra madre.
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