Idiom
I can't hear you over the sound of
Meaning
Said to dismiss what the interlocutor is saying.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I can't hear you over the sound of my own success.”
“When he started complaining about the rules again, I told him I can't hear you over the sound of your constant whining.”
“As the critic began his long list of objections, she simply smiled and replied that she can't hear you over the sound of the audience's applause.”
Examples
simple
“I can't hear you over the sound of my own success.”
contextual
“When he started complaining about the rules again, I told him I can't hear you over the sound of your constant whining.”
complex
“As the critic began his long list of objections, she simply smiled and replied that she can't hear you over the sound of the audience's applause.”
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