Be ignored or disregarded, as in Any advice we give them about remodeling seems to fall on deaf ears. This expression transfers physical inability to hear to someone who does not want to listen.

What does it mean if something falls on deaf ears?

: to fail to be heard : to be ignored Her pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears.

When your complaints fall on deaf ears?

(idiomatic) Of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored.