Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Greek term or phrase:
στου κουφού την πόρτα όσο θέλεις βρόντα
English translation:
None so deaf as those who won't hear / You might as well talk to the wall /
Greek term
Stou koufou ti porta oso theleis vronta.
| 4 +10 | None so deaf as those who won't hear ! |
Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
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| 5 +4 | It's like talking to the wall |
peekay
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| 4 +1 | To beat a dead horse |
Maria Karra
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Oct 6, 2008 04:37: Cagdas Karatas changed "Language pair" from "English" to "Greek to English" , "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Energy / Power Generation" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Oct 6, 2008 06:56: d_vachliot (X) changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Oct 30, 2008 09:13: Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi Created KOG entry
Dec 10, 2008 22:27: Maria Karra changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2939">Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi's</a> old entry - "Stou koufou ti porta oso theleis vronta."" to ""None so deaf as those who won't hear / You might as well talk to the wall / ""
Proposed translations
Greece
Quality Results & Respect of Deadlines
Native in: Greek (Variant: Modern) 
, English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English
None so deaf as those who won't hear !
None so deaf as those who won't hear!
Tell a tale to a deaf man!
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-10-06 04:46:31 GMT)
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Also:
nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse!
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-10-06 04:47:06 GMT)
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United States
Engineer & Linguist
Native in: English , Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek, French to English, and 5 more.
To beat a dead horse
| agree |
Petros Saripanidis
8 mins
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| neutral |
ntaras
: IMHO, there is a difference: beating a dead horse means attempting to do sth already attempted, στου κουφού την πόρτα is when someone won't satisfy our repeated requests
1 hr
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It's like talking to the wall
| agree |
ntaras
1 hr
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| agree |
d_vachliot (X)
: I like this one!
3 hrs
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| agree |
Eleni Makantani
3 hrs
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| neutral |
Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
: However, there is a Greek equivalent "Σαν να μιλάω στον τοίχο"
3 hrs
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| agree |
Philip Lees
: I like this too, but I suggest a slight rephrasing: You might as well talk to the wall.
5 hrs
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