lend one's ear, to
lend one's ear
Also, lend an ear. Pay attention, listen, as in "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 3:2). This idiom may be obsolescent. [Late 1300s]
See also: ear, lend
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
lend one's ear, to
To listen, to pay attention. This locution appears in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (3.2) in Mark Antony’s famous speech, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” It is heard less often today.
See also: lend
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- lend
- have (one's) ear
- have somebody's ear
- have someone's ear
- have the ear of (one)
- have the ear of someone
- a box on the ear
- smile from ear to ear
- be grinning from ear to ear
- grin