in den Wind schlagen
to disregard advice or a warning
Türkçe: bir şeye kulak asmamak
In a sentence
Which form of schlagen fills the gap?
Der Bauherr ____ die Warnungen der Ingenieure in den Wind.
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Der Bauherr schlägt die Warnungen der Ingenieure in den Wind.
How it is used
Idiom: to deliberately ignore advice or warnings. Neutral to colloquial, used with Warnungen, Ratschläge or Bedenken, e.g. 'Er schlug alle Warnungen in den Wind.'
Other verbs that go with Wind
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- (viel) Wind machen um+Akk.to make a big fuss about
- durch den Wind seinto be disoriented or flustered
Other collocations built on schlagen
- Alarm schlagento sound the alarm
- eine Brücke schlagento build a bridge
- in die Flucht jagen / schlagento put someone to flight
- die Konkurrenz schlagento beat the competition
All 5 collocations built on schlagen
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- zum Vorschein bringento bring to light
- jdm. in die Tasche greifento pick someone's pocket
- in die Mangel nehmento take someone to task
- auf der Hut seinto be on guard/wary
- Gestalt annehmento take on a definite form
All collocations in Alltag und Redewendungen
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