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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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Playing music to a cow

0If you teach John how to solve this math problem, you're talking to a brick wall.02br
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0 Hi, 02br 02br 00 My understanding of the first one: John won't listen to your lesson. 02br 00 Is that the meaning you wanted to convey? 02br 02br 00Sorry if this wasn't helpful ...

— Tanit

  • 0 Hi, 02br 02br 00 My understanding of the first one: John won't listen to your lesson.
  • 02br 00 Is that the meaning you wanted to convey?
  • 02br 02br 00Sorry if this wasn't helpful ...
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0 Hi, 02br
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00 My understanding of the first one: John won't listen to your lesson. 02br
00 Is that the meaning you wanted to convey? Or did you mean that he won't be able to understand?02br
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00 As for the second one, I've never heard the idiom "01i00to play music to a cow02i00," so I had a look at some dictionari
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0I've never heard it either.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00If you teach John how to solve this math problem, you're talking to a brick wall.02font02br
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01font00... you're playing music to a cow.02font02br
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0"Play music to a cow"02br
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00I think this idiom isn't English, it's used somwehere in Asia to say that someone won't understand.0-
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