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talk to a brick wall

talk to a brick wall verb: to be completely ignored or disregarded by someone, as if speaking to an inanimate object.

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. (colloquial, idiomatic) To be completely ignored or disregarded by someone, as if speaking to an inanimate object.
    • She never listens. We might as well talk to a brickwall.

Forms of talk to a brick wall

third-person singular presenttalks to a brick wall
present participletalking to a brick wall
past participletalked to a brick wall
pasttalked to a brick wall

Questions about talk to a brick wall

What does talk to a brick wall mean?
Talk to a brick wall means to be completely ignored or disregarded by someone, as if speaking to an inanimate object.
What part of speech is talk to a brick wall?
Talk to a brick wall is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk to a brick wall?
The past tense of talk to a brick wall is talked to a brick wall.

Words near talk to a brick wall in the dictionary

  1. talk through one's hat
  2. talk through one's nose
  3. talk time
  4. talk times
  5. talk to
  6. talk to a brick wall
  7. talk to God
  8. talk to God on the big white telephone
  9. talk to oneself
  10. talk to Ralph on the big white telephone
  11. talk to the fist

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