deaf as a stone
1deaf as a stone — totally deaf; is incapable of hearing anything; stone deaf …
2Stone-deaf — a. As deaf as a stone; completely deaf. [1913 Webster] …
3stone-deaf — adjective totally deaf; unable to hear anything • Syn: ↑profoundly deaf, ↑deaf as a post, ↑unhearing • Similar to: ↑deaf * * * /stohn def /, adj. totally deaf. [1830 40; …
4stone-deaf — adj. phr. Completely deaf. Sam is stone deaf so let him read your lips if you know no sign language. See: stone wall …
5stone-deaf — {adj. phr.} Completely deaf. * /Sam is stone deaf so let him read your lips if you know no sign language./ …
6stone-deaf — {adj. phr.} Completely deaf. * /Sam is stone deaf so let him read your lips if you know no sign language./ …
7stone-deaf — /stohn def /, adj. totally deaf. [1830 40; STONE + DEAF] * * * …
8stone-deaf — adjective Completely deaf (as deaf as a stone) …
9stone — {{11}}stone (adj.) intensifying adj., 1935, first recorded in black slang, probably from earlier use in phrases like stone blind (late 14c., lit. blind as a stone ), stone deaf, etc., from STONE (Cf. stone) (n.). Stone cold sober dates from 1937 …
10deaf — Kuli, ho okuli, pepeiao kuli. Also: pa ia (temporarily); alalolo kuli, lōlōkuli. ♦ Deaf person, kuli. ♦ Stone deaf, kuli oko a. ♦ To pretend to be deaf, ho okuli, ho okolono …
