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But what if they fall on deaf ears?

Even a wealthy landowner can come off like a victim here, as is the case with Tadeu, a businessman who in the 1990s started an ecological sanctuary on his 28,000 hectares, and whose complaints to the Brazilian government about illegal encroachment on his land fall on deaf ears.

Fans in India, though, have often seen that plea fall on deaf ears.

He's right about this, but his words will fall on deaf ears.

Of course, his boasts are always lies so they tend to fall on deaf ears, but it reveals how he sees himself as president.