not believe ears
(one) can't believe (one's) ears
One is shocked by what one has heard. I can't believe my ears! You're not playing with me, right? I really got the job?
See also: believe, ear
not believe (one's) ears
To be shocked or surprised by what one is hearing or has heard. I can't believe my ears! You're not playing with me, right? I really got the job? Jen didn't believe her ears when she heard her sister say that she was moving to Texas.
See also: believe, ear, not
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
not believe one's ears
Fig. not believe the news that one has heard. I couldn't believe my ears when Mary said I won the first prize.
See also: believe, ear, not
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (one) can't believe (one's) ears
- believe (one's) ears
- believe ears
- believe one's ears
- (one) can hardly believe (one's) eyes
- hardly
- scarcely
- (one) can scarcely believe (one's) eyes
- give (one) to believe
- give somebody to believe/understand...