be as deaf as a post

To be unable to hear well or at all. I hope grandpa wears his hearing aid to dinner tonight because he's as deaf as a post without it. After years of listening to loud rock music, I'm deaf as a post.

be as deaf as a post

(British, American & Australian informal) also be as deaf as a doorknob/doornail (Australian)

to be completely deaf She's 89 and as deaf as a post.

See fall on deaf ears, turn a deaf ear

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hare	[hɛə]
Bate	-	Medieval English
Goretti	-	Various
Llyr	-	Welsh Mythology
Eadburga	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Pali	-	Albanian