be blind and deaf

be blind and deaf

Not deaf, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù g ǔ B ù L ó ng, which means not pretending to be dementia, not pretending to be deaf and dumb, you can't be a good grandfather and grandmother, to describe the elder to be magnanimous. It comes from volume 496 of Taiping Yulan, quoting the anecdote of Shenzi.

The origin of Idioms

"Taiping Yulan" volume 496 quoted "Shenzi" anecdote: "as the saying goes: not deaf, not king; not deaf, not public."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: neither stupid nor deaf