Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
sich die Ohren zuhalten
English translation:
to cover one's ears
German term
sich die Ohren zuhalten
Die Lärmbelästigung war so stark, dass sie sich die Ohren zuhielt.
| 4 +5 | (that) she covered her ears |
AllegroTrans
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| 4 +1 | to close or to shut the ears |
Johannes Gleim
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| 3 | literally turn a deaf ear |
Adrian MM.
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May 3, 2024 18:10: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
May 3, 2024 18:16: writeaway changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Art/Literary"
May 11, 2024 16:44: AllegroTrans changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/95487">Trans-Marie's</a> old entry - "sich die Ohren zuhalten"" to ""to cover your ears""
PRO (1): Adrian MM.
Non-PRO (3): AllegroTrans, philgoddard, Steffen Walter
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Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
(that) she covered her ears
40 years Engineer, 20 years translations
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 6 more.
to close or to shut the ears
close your ears
• close your ears / to I tried to close my ears to the sounds coming from next door.
to intentionally not give someone or something any attention:
• Ignore / The buzzing is irritating, but try to ignore it.
• Disregard / He disregarded the advice of his doctor and went back to work.
If you turn a deaf ear to something, especially a request or a complaint, you ignore it.
• The emperor turned a deaf ear to their cries for mercy.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/thesaurus/articles/to-in...
Please close your ears And try to look away
Bitte schließe deine Ohren und versuch weg zu schauen.
Here it smells of oil and work, and the looms rattle so loudly that you involuntarily close your ears.
Hier riecht es nach Öl und Arbeit, und die Webstühle rattern so laut, dass man sich unwillkürlich die Ohren zuhält.
You know when you close your ears, sometimes the sound of your heart is like a little man walking through snow.
Wenn man sich die Ohren zuhält, hört sich der Klang deines Herzens manchmal an, als würde ein kleiner Mann durch Schnee gehen.
https://context.reverso.net/translation/english-german/close...
close/shut your ears to something• At first, I closed my ears to what I did not want to hear.• Don't close your ears to the world and don't give up.
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/close-shut-your-ears-...
I can shut my ears and sleep till whatever time I want without any bit of distraction.
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-way-to-close-our-ears-jus...
You may close your eyes, shut out sounds from your ears but you will always
feel something by means of man's biggest organ: With its millions of sensors, the skin transfers sensory stimuli from a scratchy woollen pullover, a hair in a face or a gentle touch.
nici.de
Sie können die Augen schließen, sich die Ohren zuhalten, aber sie werden immer etwas über das größte Organ des Menschen spüren: Die Haut mit ihren Millionen von Sensoren übermittelt Reize von einem kratzigen Wollpullover, einem Haar im Gesicht oder einer sanften Berührung.
nici.de
Yet we cannot shut our eyes and ears to human rights violations, wherever in Europe they occur.
europarl.europa.eu
Aber wir können unsere Augen und Ohren nicht vor Menschenrechtsverletzungen verschließen, wo immer sie auch in Europa auftreten mögen.
europarl.europa.eu
https://www.linguee.com/english-german/translation/shut your...
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
literally turn a deaf ear
Turning a Deaf Ear? Industrial Noise and Noise Control in Germany since the 1920s
http://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28071/chapter-abstract/212070777?redirectedFrom=fulltext
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