汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 耳邊風
耳邊風 (耳边风)
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
The wind blowing in the ears / It is a metaphor to listen to what you don’t care about
在耳边吹过的风。比喻听了不放在心上的话。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他们所有的忠告全被当成了耳边风

All their advice was swept aside.

我无论对他们说什么都只被当作耳边风

Everything I tell them just goes in one ear and out the other.

这些自相矛盾的话如果没有付诸实施,只能当作夸夸其谈的耳边风

Such contradictory words might be dismissed as mere rhetoric if they were not reflected by action on the ground.

《卫报》这次所做的调查,只是给世人一个明示:人们对IPCC发出的警告只当耳边风

The Guardian poll merely highlights a belief that the warning has simply failed to penetrate.

谁都有心情不好、抱怨发泄的时候,如果听到不是当着面说的闲话,就当耳边风过去。

Who are in a bad mood, complain if heard out in front of the gossip is said, when it's in the past.