Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the following simile.

As _________ as a post.

  1. careless

  2. unheeding

  3. deaf

  4. stubborn
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A post cannot hear at all, making 'as deaf as a post' an emphatic way to describe someone with complete hearing loss or someone who ignores everything said to them.

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