English Explanatory Dictionary

fall on stony ground

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Of words, an idea, etc.: to go unheeded.

Word forms

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Etymology

Referring to the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) in the Bible.

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