馬うまの耳みみに風かぜ

expression

preaching to the deaf; like talking to a wall

Idiomatic expression meaning that advice or words have no effect on the listener, similar to 'in one ear and out the other'. Literally 'wind into a horse's ear'.

See also: 馬の耳に念仏

• 彼かれに何なん度ど注ちゅう意いしても馬うまの耳みみに風かぜだ。

  No matter how many times I warn him, it's like talking to a wall.

• 親おやの小こ言ごとなんて、あの子こには馬うまの耳みみに風かぜだろう。

  Parental scolding is probably just wind in a horse's ear to that kid.