rubber ear

rubber ear
 n.— «Predictably the Democratic Party election organisers are giving Curly a rubber ear. Equally predictably Curly is suing the Democratic Party.» —“Sutch and such as those” by Tom Shields in Washington, D.C. The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) Feb. 11, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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