但他承诺的新方案还没有成形，他所倡导的怀柔政策更是成了聋子的耳朵——摆设。

But the new approach he promised has not materialised. His calls for a gentler touch have fallen on deaf ears.

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但现在看来他们的请求只是进到聋子的耳朵里罢了。

Their pleas seem to be falling on deaf ears.

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同理，耳朵与身体的关系也是这样，-对失去听觉的耳朵，它的主人只能是个聋子。

For the same reason, the relation between ear and body is so. The deaf can't hear because of the disability of ear.

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