bend ear
bend (one's) ear
To talk to one for a long time, usually causing them to become bored or annoyed. Do you guys need any help in the kitchen? Uncle Stu has been bending my ear about the stock market for the past hour!
See also: bend, ear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bend someone's ear
Fig. to talk to someone, perhaps annoyingly. (As if talking so much that the other person's ear is moved back.) Tom is over there, bending Jane's ear about something. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bend your ear for an hour.
See also: bend, ear
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
bend (someone's) ear
Slang To talk to at length, usually excessively.
See also: bend, ear
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- bend (one's) ear
- bend somebody's ear
- bend someone's ear
- labor the point
- labour the point
- bend someone's ear, to
- can talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey
- donkey
- (one's) nose is out of joint
- have lead in (one's) pants