kaikua kuuroille korville

== Finnish == === Etymology === kaikua (“to echo”) + kuuroille (“to deaf”) + korville (“to ears”) === Verb === kaikua kuuroille korville (idiomatic) to fall on deaf ears (of a request, complaint, statement, etc, to be ignored) ==== Usage notes ==== The construction is slightly different in English and in Finnish. In English the listener actively turns a deaf ear, but in Finnish the speaker's words echo over deaf ears. The meaning is the same. See examples above. ==== Conjugation ====