Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fell on deaf ears

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
fel-l on deaf- ears
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does fell on deaf ears mean?
simple past of fall on deaf ears

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