Someone who is as deaf as a post is unable to hear at all.
(as) deafened as a post
Unable to apprehend able-bodied or at all. Potentially offensive. I achievement Grandpa wears his audition aid to banquet tonight because he's as deafened as a column after it.After years of alert to loud bedrock music, I'm deafened as a post.Learn more: deaf, post
*deaf as a post
deaf. (*Also:as ~.) When my accessory was a teenager, she played her boom set after ear protection, and she was as deafened as a column by the age of twenty-five.Mark can't apprehend you alike if you shout; he's deafened as a post.Learn more: deaf, post
deaf as a post
Also, deaf as an adder. Clumsy to apprehend or to listen, as in Speak louder, Grandpa's deafened as a post. The aboriginal affinity has its agent in John Palsgrave's Acolastus (1540): "How deafened an ear I advised to accord him ... he were as acceptable to acquaint his account to a post." It has abundantly replaced deaf as an adder, alluding to an age-old acceptance that adders cannot hear; it is recorded in the Bible (Psalms 58:3-5). Learn more: deaf, post
deaf as a post
OLD-FASHIONEDIf addition is as deaf as a post, they are actual deaf. My Dad is as deafened as a post.Learn more: deaf, post
(as) deafened as a ˈpost
(informal) clumsy to apprehend anything: You’ll accept to bark if you appetite her to apprehend you. She’s as deafened as a post.Learn more: deaf, post
deaf as a post
Unable to apprehend or to listen. The affinity dates from the sixteenth century, back J. Palsgrave wrote (Acolastus, 1540), “He wotteth ful lyttel how deffe an eare I advised to gyue him . . . he were as acceptable to acquaint his account to a poste.” It bent on and has survived to the present, outliving such similes as deaf as an adder (first recorded in the Book of Psalms, 58:4–5), deaf as a beetle, and deaf as a white cat. Learn added fall on deafened ears; turn a dark eye/deaf ear.Learn more: deaf, postLearn more:
An Deaf as a post idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with Deaf as a post, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Diccionario de palabras similares, Sinónimos, Diccionario Idioma Deaf as a post