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be as deaf as a post

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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.

See also: deaf, 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

See also: deaf, post