• Listen

  What it means

  “Words are wasted on the deaf.” Advice or argument is pointless when directed at someone who refuses to listen or is incapable of understanding.

  English equivalent

  There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

  Vocabulary

  • głuchy — deaf
  • próżny — vain, empty, futile
  • słowo — word

  Grammar note

  'Głuchemu' is the dative of 'głuchy'. 'Próżne słowa' is a nominative predicate in a verbless sentence.

  Intermediate

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