A suggestion that he should take her out to lunch, instead, didn't, surprisingly, fall flat.

These suggestions have so far fallen on deaf ears.

Congressional leaders had asked the President to take the comprehensive approach, and the suggestion fell on fertile ground.

He beat a path to her door and was received politely, but his suggestions fell upon ears apparently deaf.

The suggestion that Christianity is a matter of both intellect and imagination, however, has fallen from popular favor.

But his suggestion has not fallen on deaf ears.

Even the suggestion that a regulation was invalid would fall under the prohibition, the corporation's lawyer said.

The silence into which this suggestion fell was awful.

"But the suggestion fell through the cracks," he said.

We thank the rapporteur for her work and hope that the suggestions fall on fertile ground at the Commission!