like speaking to a brick wall

As effective as speaking to an inanimate object. Speaking to you when the TV is on is like speaking to a brick wall. Hello, can you hear me? Trying to give my grandfather advice always feels like speaking to a brick wall—he's just so set in his ways!

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speaking
speak to
pass the gavel
loosely speaking
roughly speaking
be like speaking to a brick wall
weren
be speaking out of both sides of (one's) mouth
wasn
(someone) needs to take several seats

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