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Failing to pay attention.
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Not hearing clearly.
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- cloth-ears76%
(UK, dated, informal, derogatory) A person who cannot hear clearly or who fails to pay attention to what is said. Its origin is in the wool and cotton mills of Northern England where the noise of the machinery and build-up of cotton dust made it difficult to hear people speaking. The earliest example in print is.
- pin one's ears back71%
(UK, informal) To listen attentively.
- hard ears68%
(Caribbean) A refusal to listen or obey.
- get out of someone's ear67%
(slang) To stop bothering someone.