當耳邊風
simp当耳边风dong3 ji5 bin1 fung1dàng ěr biān fēng
English
- lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear
- pay no heed to; fallen on deaf ears
- fig. to completely disregard
- to ignore a piece of advice or warning; literally: to treat as wind past the ears
粵語 — Cantonese
- 當建議或者警告係喺耳邊吹過嘅風,比喻刻意忽略呢啲説話
Examples
我叫咗渠做埋功課先去同朋友仔玩㗎啦,點知個衰仔當耳邊風,今朝返學咪畀搣時省囉。
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我講咩佢都當耳邊風㗎啦,有用咩?
Whatever I say is useless as he just pays no heed to it.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk