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Deaf as a post   /dɛf æz ə poʊst/   Listen
Deaf as a post

adjective
1.
Totally deaf; unable to hear anything.  Synonyms: profoundly deaf, stone-deaf, unhearing.





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"Deaf as a post" Quotes from Famous Books



... wasting postage to write him. He's a hermit, sir—a regular hermit, and is about the same as dead, for nobody ever sees him. The tradesmen tell me that his old servant comes out of an evening, once in a while, to buy provisions, but he's deaf as a post and dumb as an oyster." The interview had at least shown me the futility of trying ...
— The Master of Silence • Irving Bacheller


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