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walls have earsThere is a risk of being heard, so pay attention to what you say.Rate it:

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eyes closed all earsto listen to high fidelity music in the fullest senseRate it:

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be all earsTo listen carefully or eagerly; to anticipate.Rate it:

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are your ears burningSaid of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion.Rate it:

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Spock earsPointy ears, resembling those of Spock, a Star Trek character.Rate it:

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ears are burningBeing the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.Rate it:

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little pitchers have big earsSmall children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).Rate it:

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all earsListening intently; fully focused.Rate it:

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all earsAwaiting an explanation.Rate it:

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All EarsTo show keen interest in listening someone, be attentive to someoneRate it:

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all eyes and earsTo be attentive.Rate it:

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believe one's earsTo believe that something which one hears is truly the case.Rate it:

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box someone's earsTo slap someone on the side of the head, usually as an informal punishment.Rate it:

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box your earsA Threat of Violence To { child or youth ] because of a minor infraction.Rate it:

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coming out of one's earshaving too much or too many of something; being overloaded or overwhelmedRate it:

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donkey's earsA long time.Rate it:

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dry behind the earsSeasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.Rate it:

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elephant earsUsed other than as an idiom: see elephant, ear.Rate it:

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elephant earstaroRate it:

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fall on deaf earsOf a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored.Rate it:

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have one's ears loweredTo get a haircut.Rate it:

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i am all earsI am listeningRate it:

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jug earsEars whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.Rate it:

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Little Pitchers Have Big EarsSometimes little children who listen to old people’s conversation hear and perceive things a lot than people expect them toRate it:

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little pitchers have long earsAlternative form of little pitchers have big ears.Rate it:

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make someone's ears sadTo displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.Rate it:

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music to someone's earsSome good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.Rate it:

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preach to deaf earsTo attempt to persuade a party that does not wish to listen or cannot be altered in its conviction.Rate it:

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prick up one's earsTo listen attentively.Rate it:

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set by the earsTo make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.Rate it:

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up to one's earsup to hereRate it:

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wet behind the earsInexperienced; not seasoned; new; just beginning.Rate it:

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Wet Behind the EarsYoung, not experienced, immatureRate it:

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dein Wort in Gottes Ohrfrom your lips to God's ears; I wish; expresses that the speaker wants a preceding statement to be true, but considers it unlikely or at least doubtfulRate it:

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ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidereto come to some one's ears.Rate it:

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aures alicuius obtundere or simply obtundere (aliquem)to din a thing into a person's ears.Rate it:

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aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to...Rate it:

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aures erigereto prick up one's ears.Rate it:

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criblé de dettesOver head and ears in debt.Rate it:

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guinea pigA tailless rodent of the Cavia genus, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet.Rate it:

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il est criblé de dettesHe is head over ears in debt.Rate it:

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in aurem alicui dicere (insusurrare) aliquidto whisper something in a person's ears.Rate it:

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j'en ai par-dessus la tête1. I am sick and tired of it. 2. I am head over ears in it.Rate it:

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les oreilles ont dû vous corner (tinter)Your ears must have burned.Rate it:

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música para os ouvidos demusic to earsRate it:

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ne venez pas ainsi me corner aux oreillesDo not come and din it into my ears in that way.Rate it:

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oculos (aures, animum) advertere ad aliquidto turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object.Rate it:

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par dessus les oreillesOver head and ears.Rate it:

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para parar un trenin great quantity, coming out of one's earsRate it:

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petit chaudron, grandes oreillesLittle pitchers have long ears.Rate it:

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