Vocabulary
What does 馬の耳に念仏 (うまのみみにねんぶつ) mean?
馬の耳に念仏 (うまのみみにねんぶつ) means advice goes in one ear and out the other; talking to someone who will not listen (lit. reciting a prayer to a horse’s ear).
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馬の耳に念仏うまのみみにねんぶつ
TOPICS
advice goes in one ear and out the other; talking to someone who will not listen (lit. reciting a prayer to a horse’s ear)
Example sentences
何度注意しても、馬の耳に念仏で全く聞いてくれない。
No matter how many times I warn him, it is like preaching to deaf ears; he doesn’t listen at all.