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
Tybalt	-	Literature
Eimear	EE-mur	Irish
Adeane	[ə'di:n]
Jarrett	JER-ət, JAR-ət	English
Gizi	-	Hungarian
&Thorn;ÓRa	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic