הִכְבִּיד אֶת אָזְנָיו
לֹא רָצָה לִשְׁמֹעַ אוֹ לְהַקְשִׁיב. אָטַם אֶת אָזְנָיו.
("הַשְׁמֵן לֵב הָעָם הַזֶּה וְאָזְנָיו הַכְבֵּד וְעֵינָיו הָשַׁע פֶּן יִרְאֶה בְעֵינָיו וּבְאָזְנָיו יִשְׁמָע וּלְבָבוֹ יָבִין וָשָׁב וְרָפָא לוֹ"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ ו י)
תרגום
ביטוי (אנגלית)
To turn a deaf ear / close one's ears
הגדרה (אנגלית)
Unwilling to hear or listen; he closed his ears.
("The heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull, and their eyes are dull: lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed" - Isaiah 6:10)