Icelandic

Alternative forms

• skella skolleyrunum við

Verb

skella skolleyrum við

1. (with dative) to pretend not to hear something; to turn a deaf ear to something

   Ráðherrann hefur skellt skolleyrum við öllum varnaðarorðum.‎

   The minister has turned a deaf ear to all words of warning.

Conjugation

See skella.

Synonyms

• (to turn a deaf ear): láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta, láta sem vind um eyru þjóta, daufheyrast við