lend me your ear
lend me your ear
also lend an ear
Meaning
- ask for someone's full attention
- listen to someone carefully
- pay attention to what someone is saying
- listen to someone with understanding
Example Sentences
- Lend me your ear and I will tell you about my adventures in the mountains.
- Lend an ear to what I am saying; you might need to know all this when you start working on your project.
- When she was going through tough times, he lent a sympathetic ear to her troubles.
- Stuart lent an ear to the representatives of the worker's body to understand their problems.
- Could you please lend me your ear for a minute? I need to tell you something really important.
- What I am going to say next is very important for your future with this company. I ask all of you to please lend me your ears for the next few minutes.
- Tracey was a very nice and caring person and would always lend an ear to everyone's problems.
- Lend me an ear, will you? I need to make sure that you understand what I am saying.
Origin
The phrase is first used in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, where Mark Anthony says “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”.