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dumbo n. someone with large ears. (Also a rude term of address. The name of a cartoon character elephant whose ears were large enough to fly with.)Wow, look at that dumbo with size twenty ears!I better get new glasses, or I'm going to be a dumbo when my head starts growing.
ears noun a citizens' band radio receiver. Citizens' band radio slang; usually phrased 'put your ears on', 'have your ears on', etc US, 1976. ► be all earsto listen with close attention UK, 1865. ► get your ears raisedto have your hair cut US, 1954. ► have your ears flapping; keep your ears flappingto listen, especially to make an effort to keep up with what is going on UK, 1984. ► pull earsin the language of paragliding, to intentionally collapse both tips of the wing to increase speed US, 1992. ► put the ears onto attempt a controlled roll of the dice US, 1963. ► your ears are burningapplied to a sensation that somebody is talking about you. Known in many variations since C14 UK, 1984
idiomearsbe all earsto be eager to hear what is being said:"Are you listening to me?" "Yes, go on, I'm all ears."I realized too late that my sister was listening, all ears, to our conversation.sb's ears are burning(also are your ears burning?)used in order to say that people have been talking about someone when they were not there, or to ask the person who is being talked about if they realize this:Your ears must have been burning this morning - Helen's been telling us how wonderful you are."Have you two finished gossiping?" "Why, are your ears burning?"sb's ears are flapping BrEBrEused in order to say that someone is listening to your conversation:"Come on in Damien, your ears are flapping," called Isabel.You should have seen their ears flapping when they realized who I was.fall on deaf earsif something such as a warning or complaint falls on deaf ears, no one pays attention to it or it is ignored completely:Our complaints to the store's management have fallen on deaf ears.Donaldson begged for a second chance, but his pleas fell on deaf ears.sb has nothing between the ears(also sb is solid/thick between the ears BrE)used in order to say that someone is stupid:Please stop treating your readers as if they have nothing but air between their ears, and give us some intelligent reporting.I'm not exactly solid between the ears, you know, even if I do work in a factory.opposite sb has something between the ears: She's obviously got something between the ears to have passed all those exams.Note 'Between the ears' is a phrase that is often used to talk about what happens in your brain or your mindMax my best friend and golfing partner says that my problem is not in my hands, it's between my ears. have sth coming out of your earsspoken used in order to emphasize how much of something you have:If you eat any more, you'll have lasagne coming out of your ears.I've been studying so hard I've got revision cards coming out of my ears.pin back your ears BrEBrE(also keep your ears pinned back)to listen very carefully to what is being said:We've got five minutes before the match starts, so pin back your ears and I'll run through our strategy again.I kept my ears pinned back at work and picked up some interesting facts about the new managers.prick up your earsto start to be interested in what someone is saying:Adams pricked up his ears as soon as I mentioned money.I pricked up my ears when they asked if anyone was interested in learning more about natural cures for basic health problems.sb's ears pricked up: Helen's ears pricked up at Jamie's name. "I didn't know you knew him," she said rather hastily.set sb/sth by the ears BrEBrEto cause arguments, anger, or anxiety in a group or organization by doing something that is new or extreme:Benetton's controversial campaign set the advertising industry by the ears.We should consult the town council before we publish the plan; we don't want to set the whole place by the ears before we've even started building.be up to your ears/neck/eyes in sthspoken to have more of something, especially work, than you want or can deal with:Herefordshire farmers have been up to their ears in potatoes because of the high rainfall this year.I can't come this weekend - I'm up to my neck in work.He must be up to his eyes in debt.wet behind the earsyoung and without much experience in life:Glen seems nice enough, but he's a little wet behind the ears.We were wet behind the ears then, and we thought it would be great to start a magazine to campaign against world poverty. (redirected from ears)
See:- (as) cute as a bug's ear
- (one) can't believe (one's) ears
- (one's) ears are burning
- (one's) ears are red
- (one's) ears are ringing
- (someone's) ears are flapping
- a box on the ear
- a flea in (one's) ear
- a flea in ear
- a flea in your ear
- a word in (one's) ear
- a word in someone's ear
- about (one's) ears
- all ears
- all ears, to be
- all eyes and ears
- are your ears burning?
- around (one's) ears
- assault the ear
- autem prickear
- be all ears
- be easy on the ear
- be grinning from ear to ear
- be music to (one's) ears
- be music to your ears
- be not much between the ears
- be out on (one's) ear
- be out on your ear
- be up to (one's) ears in (something)
- be up to your ears in something
- beam/grin/smile from ear to ear
- believe (one's) ears
- believe ears
- believe one's ears
- bend (one's) ear
- bend ear
- bend somebody's ear
- bend someone's ear
- bend someone's ear, to
- between the/(one's) ears
- between your ears
- blow it out your ear
- Blow it out your ear!
- box (one's) ears
- box somebody's ears
- bring (something) (down) about (one's) ears
- bring something about your ears
- by ear
- can (do something) on (one's) ear
- can't make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
- can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- clip over the ear
- close (one's) ears to (someone or something)
- cloth ears
- cock (one's) ear
- cock an ear at (someone or something)
- cock an ear/eye at somebody/something
- cock an eye at (someone or something)
- cock your ear
- come to (one's) ears
- come to/reach somebody's ears
- coming out of (one's) ears
- coming out of ears
- coming out of one’s ears
- coming out of one's ears
- cute as a bug's ear
- cute as a button
- do not hang noodles on my ears
- dog-ear
- donkey's ears
- dry behind the ears
- ear candy
- ear hustle
- ear hustler
- ear hustling
- ear to the ground
- ear to the ground, have one's
- ear to the ground, to have/keep an
- ear tunnel
- ear-duster
- ears are burning, one's
- ears are flapping
- ears must be burning
- easy on the ear
- easy on the eye
- easy on the eye, ear, etc.
- elephant ear
- elephant ears
- fall on deaf ears
- fall on deaf ears, to
- Fields have eyes, and woods have ears
- flea in his ear
- flea in one's ear, a
- flea in one's ear, to have a
- flea in the ear
- get (one's) ears lowered
- get (one's) ears pinned back
- get (one's) ears set out
- get a thick ear
- get ears pinned back
- get ears set out
- give (one) a thick ear
- give an ear (to one)
- give ear to
- give ear to (someone or something)
- give somebody/get a thick ear
- give someone a thick ear
- go blow it out your ear
- Go blow it out your ear!
- go in one ear and out the other
- grin from ear to ear
- hardly dry behind the ears
- have (one's) ear
- have (one's) ears lowered
- have (someone or something) by the ears
- have (something) coming out of (one's) ears
- have a tin ear
- have a wolf by the ears
- have a word in (one's) ear
- have a word in somebody's ear
- have a word in someone's ear
- have a/the wolf by the ear(s)
- have an ear for
- have an ear for (something)
- have an ear for something
- have an ear to the ground
- have an/(one's) ear close to the ground
- have an/(one's) ear to the ground
- have big ears
- have half an ear on (someone or something)
- have nothing between the/(one's) ears
- have somebody's ear
- have someone's ear
- have something by the ears
- have something coming out of your ears
- have steam coming out of (one's) ears
- have steam coming out of your ears
- have the ear of (one)
- have the ear of someone
- have the right sow by the ear
- his, her, etc. ears are burning
- his, her, etc. ears are flapping
- hold a wolf by the ears
- I’m all ears
- I'm all ears
- I'm listening
- in a pig's ear
- In a pig's eye!
- in earshot
- in one ear and out the other
- incline (one's) ear
- incline your ear
- jug ears
- keep an ear out (for someone or something)
- keep an ear to the ground
- keep an/(one's) ear close to the ground
- keep an/(one's) ear to the ground
- keep your ear to the ground
- keep/have an/your ear to the ground
- lend (one's) ear to (someone or something)
- lend (someone) (one's) ear
- lend an ear
- lend an ear (to one)
- lend an ear to
- lend one's ear
- lend one's ear, to
- like tryin' to scratch your ear with your elbow
- like trying to scratch your ear with your elbow
- listen (to someone or something) with half an ear
- listen with half an ear
- Little pitchers have big ears
- little pitchers have long ears
- lower (one's) ears
- lower ears
- make (someone's) ears burn
- make a pig's ear of
- make a pig's ear of (something)
- make a pig's ear of something
- make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
- make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- mickey mouse ears
- music to (one's) ears
- music to ears
- music to one's ears
- music to your ears
- nail (one's) ears back
- nail ears back
- not believe (one's) ears
- not believe (one's) eyes
- not believe ears
- not believe your eyes/ears
- not dry behind the ears
- not have much between the ears
- one's ears are red
- one's ears are ringing
- out on (one's) ear
- out on one's ear
- out on your ear
- perk up (one's) ears
- pin back (one's) ears
- pin back your ears
- pin ears back
- pin someone’s ears back
- pin someone's ears back
- pin your ears back
- play by ear
- play it by ear
- play it by ear, to
- play something by ear
- pound (one's) ear
- pound ear
- pound one’s ear
- preach to deaf ears
- prick (one's) ears up
- prick up (one's) ears
- prick up ears
- prick up its ears
- prick up one's ears
- prick up one's ears, to
- prick up your ears
- pull in (one's) ears
- pull in ears
- put a bug in (one's) ear
- put a bug in ear
- put a bug in someone's ear
- reach (one's) ears
- ring in (one's) ears
- ring in (one's) head
- ring in ears
- ring in your ears
- ring in your ears/head
- send (one) away with a flea in (one's) ear
- send someone away with a flea in their ear
- set (someone) by the ears
- set by the ears
- shut (one's) ears to (someone or something)
- shut/close your ears to somebody/something
- sloshed to the ears
- smile from ear to ear
- someone's ears are burning
- someone's ears are flapping
- Spock ears
- stewed to the ears
- stewed to the gills
- stop (one's) ears
- stop your ears
- talk (one's) ear(s) off
- talk ear off
- talk somebody's ear off
- talk someone’s ear off
- talk someone's arm off
- the mind's ear
- the walls have ears
- throw one out on one’s ear
- throw out on ear
- tin ear
- turn (something) on its ear
- turn a blind eye/deaf ear, to
- turn a deaf ear
- turn a deaf ear (to someone or something)
- up on (one's) ear
- up to (one's) ears (in something)
- up to (one's) ears in (something)
- up to (one's) ears in debt
- up to ears
- up to neck
- up to one’s ears
- up to one’s eyeballs
- up to one's ears
- up to one's ears/eyes/eyebrows, to be
- up to your ears
- up to your ears in
- up to your ears in debt
- use your head for more than a hatrack
- virgin ears
- Walls have ears
- walls have ears, the
- Were your ears burning?
- wet behind the ears
- wet behind the ears, (still)
- whisper sweet nothings in (one's) ear
- with a flea in your ear
- within earshot
- You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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