plug one's ears

We were mean, we plugged our ears when she would sing.

If I had tried to plug my ears, he would have shouted it at me.

We'd all be plugging our ears until we found the cause.

The nuns are reported to have plugged their ears during the sermon.

Give him a plastic or wooden spoon and plug your ears!

Suffice it to say that it's never a good sign when the singer himself is plugging his ears.

Plug your ears and hum - that's approximately how it works.

You can plug your ears or sleep through them, but you're going.

The children screamed and plugged their ears as the jet plane took off.

Morrison, somehow, plugged his ears and did not curse back on television.