skella skolleyrum við

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • skella skolleyrunum við

Verb

skella skolleyrum við

  1. to pretend not to hear something; to turn a deaf ear to something [with dative]
    Synonyms: láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta, láta sem vind um eyru þjóta, daufheyrast við
    Ráðherrann hefur skellt skolleyrum við öllum varnaðarorðum.
    The minister has turned a deaf ear to all words of warning.

Conjugation

See skella.

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