| 单词 | deaf as a post |
| 例句 | “I figured you didn’t have a dog—or he was deaf as a post. What does a minister have to steal?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “I’m deaf as a post,” Risher recently said, “but I can see 20/20 with these glasses, and I still look at the girls. They don’t look at me, though. That’s the problem.” He’s 106. And Knows the Score. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z One reptile guide from the 1950s went so far as to call them, quote, “deaf as a post.” Turtles Not Among the "Silent Majority" of Reptiles 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “But I still remained as deaf as a post.” Robert Panara, writer, poet, professor and pioneer of deaf studies, dies at 94 “He’s as deaf as a post,” Ted said. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z When reason speaks they are deaf as a post. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z She was young, enthusiastic, intensely interesting, and had only an old Roman nurse, deaf as a post and purblind, with her. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The aged dame answered not a word; she shook her head, and looked as deaf as a post, just as usual. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z "Slightly deaf," his father called him, but he grew worse instead of better, and threatened to become as deaf as a post or a beetle in time. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Uncle George is a twenty-four-handicap man, but only when he is at the very top of his game, and he is deaf as a post, left handed and a confirmed slicer. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z A tall ungainly awkward man, with stooping shoulders and a shuffling walk, as deaf as a post, not overburdened with brains, but very good natured and easy, and liked by everyone. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z To walk the Mousky in peace and safety, you require to be as deaf as a post and to have a pair at least of good eyes at the back of your head. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z The earl had the misfortune to be as deaf as a post, a fact with which I, alas! had not been previously acquainted. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The Signora, who was as deaf as a post, had not heard a word of this conversation, and, greatly amazed at seeing Pin run off, asked her husband where he was going. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico He's as deaf as a post, or as a dumb adder; and can not hear the sounds of your Italian charmers, charm they never so loudly. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. He's deaf as a post," and continued,— "If we marry, we 'll marry a beauty, If single we 'll try and control Our tastes within limits of duty, And make ourselves jolly with coal, Coal! The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly "But, excellency, my son is really as deaf as a post," one would exclaim. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections So I'm 'a mischief-making old cat,' am I? and I 'foist myself on' you, you villain! do I? and I'm 'deaf as a post and an adder,' am I? Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 It was fortunate for him that Mrs. Wire was as "deaf as a post," or his suddenly matured plan to "try again" might have been a failure. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Poor Greenlaw was as deaf as a post, and usually carried on his arm a flexible pipe, with an ivory tip and mouth-piece, through which he received the communications of his friends. Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc It was no gift but the confusion of tongues which has gabbled me deaf as a post. Shirley A lady has just left me whose son is as deaf as a post. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections "Why, Governor, Bob King is as deaf as a post; he was born deaf and dumb!" Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb “You pointed to your ears and signified to me that the explosions had made you as deaf as a post.” The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War And was not Beethoven, in what some folk consider his mightiest era, as deaf as a post? Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life I remember a fellow in the Service who was nearly blind on one eye and almost as deaf as a post. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Here——the Nine are as deaf as a post, and as cold as a stone! The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Do you fancy that I am deaf as a post and blind as a bat? The Silver Butterfly "Nonsense!" laughs his host; "Mrs. Gray is my housekeeper, and she is deaf as a post." The Diamond Coterie "If he didn't hear that, he's deaf as a post," added Perth, as the professor passed on. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Only old Tim will know, and he is as blind as a mole and deaf as a post. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century My man is as deaf as a post, and never hears a thing. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School She was silent by nature, and deaf as a post—whether by art or nature we know not; probably both. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Never fear, Ailie; he’s as deaf as a post to our language. The Red Eric “Why, I thought you were as deaf as a post.” Jacob Faithful To be sure the Cure was deaf as a post, but on the other hand the Commandant's worst sins would bear to be shouted. Fort Amity He was as deaf as a post, but he had a cutting wit. An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 Well, no—on second thoughts, not quite as deaf as a post, for by means of severe shouting she could be made to hear. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains If he still wished to think that she was deaf as a post she would not correct him again. Rimrock Jones “I say, old codger, considering you be as deaf as a post, you hears pretty well,” said old Tom. Jacob Faithful The entire army must have become as deaf as a post. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Of course, Bob being as deaf as a post, was quite unaware of this circumstance, and as the terrier brushed rudely by him, poor Bob looked so mortified! Confessions of an Etonian This gentleman, whose wife, a beautiful and spirited lady, is a princess of the house of Hohenzollern, is as deaf as a post. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. A blank stare alone met him, and he found that the doctor was as deaf as a post, having fallen a victim to his own prescription. Great Italian and French Composers Still she rocked back and forth, apparently as deaf as a post. Holiday Stories for Young People As luck would have it she was deaf as a post, and the whole room listened in interested silence as with scarlet face I yelled out my demands in my best French. Fanny Goes to War Great!" exclaimed Manifold, who in addition to his other stupidities, was as deaf as a post; "great—eh? The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One And well she might! for each auricular Was deaf as a post—and that post in particular That stands at the corner of Dyott Street now, And never hears a word of a row! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood The cook was deaf as a post and would never hear. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West But he got no answer, for the poor woman was deaf as a post, and did not hear him. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Madame Marotte, deaf as a post and serenely unconscious, smiled, nodded, and said "Ah, yes, yes--didn't I tell you so?" In the Days of My Youth He was caretaker at the old 'Kain place' the last ten years of his life, and deaf, they said, since his tenth year—'deaf as a post.' O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 She was deaf as a post,—as said before— And as deaf as twenty similes more, Including the adder, that deafest of snakes, Which never hears the coil it makes. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood She's as deaf as a post, and would drive me into consumption in a week; and this in a hot day in June, too! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 "You know, sir," answered Turkey, "the old man is as deaf as a post, and I dare say his people were all fast asleep." Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Le Bas is as deaf as a post; but that is no matter, as he is professor of mathematics, and deals only in demonstration. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 "My grandmother's as deaf as a post, miss—don't mind her; she can't tell Inglis well, put I can:—who would you pe pleased to have?" Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Here are the Luxury of Knowing Nothing, who is as deaf as a post, and the Luxury of Understanding Nothing, who is as blind as a bat. The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts "It seems, he's as deaf as a post; and eats with his fingers." Swann's Way Adj. deaf, earless†, surd; hard of hearing, dull of hearing; deaf-mute, stunned, deafened; stone deaf; deaf as a post, deaf as an adder, deaf as a beetle, deaf as a trunkmaker†. inaudible, out of hearing. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Indeed were I well enough to come I am deaf as a post and half blind, and if I were with you I should only be able to play dummy. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy And why the noise of it vexed her I couldn't say, for she's as deaf as a post every time I speak to her. Hyacinth Doan’t ye harm the dog! he’s deaf as a post, you knows.’ Yeast: a Problem Yes, that old woman always gives me gooseflesh, and I don't know why—because she is as deaf as a post—and I simply can't get rid of her. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations She was deaf as a post, - as said before -And as deaf as twenty similes more,Including the adder, that deafest of snakes,Which never hears the coil it makes. Playful Poems I showed you every possible tenderness; but you were as deaf as a post to everything I said; never a kind word passed your lips. Amphitryon One day he said to me: "Speak louder, I am as deaf as a post." The Memoirs of Victor Hugo You mun speak louder than that, if you mean her to hear; she's become as deaf as a post this last few weeks. Mary Barton "He—" "He's as deaf as a post, my dear," Gledware murmured gently. Lahoma The old fellow was a character that beggared description, eccentric to the point of extravagance, and deaf as a post; but, in craftmanship, a modern Cellini. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale |
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