talk to a brick wall

English

Verb

talk to a brick wall (third-person singular simple present talks to a brick wall, present participle talking to a brick wall, simple past and past participle talked to a brick wall)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To be completely ignored or disregarded by someone, as if speaking to an inanimate object.

Related terms

• like talking to a brick wall

Translations

Translations

Chinese: 對牛彈琴 / 对牛弹琴 (zh) (duìniútánqín, literally “to play the guqin to a cow”) Dutch: tegen een muur praten Finnish: kaikua kuuroille korville (fi) (subject is the thing that is ignored or disregarded) French: parler à un mur (fr) German: gegen eine Wand reden (de) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: mówić jak do ściany (pl) impf Romanian: vorbi cu pereții, vorbi singur Russian: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can