• Listen

  What it means

  Literally “deaf as a tree stump.” Describes someone who is completely deaf or who stubbornly refuses to listen. Used both literally and figuratively.

  Vocabulary

  • głuchy — deaf
  • pień — tree stump, trunk

  Grammar note

  'Jak' introduces the comparison. 'Pień' is nominative in the comparison clause.

  Beginner

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