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donkey's earsA long time.Rate it:

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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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coming out of one's earshaving too much or too many of something; being overloaded or overwhelmedRate it:

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donkey's yearsA long time.Rate it:

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heavy as a dead donkeyVery heavy.Rate it:

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suck donkey cockto be terrible, of extremely poor quality.Rate it:

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donkey jacketthick garmentRate it:

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donkey workHard, boring, routine work.Rate it:

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hung like a donkeyHaving a large penis.Rate it:

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on like Donkey KongAn intensifier used in the same contexts as it's on, go on, and other expressions using the word on, but to express greater emphasis.Rate it:

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suck donkey ballsTo be terrible, of extremely poor quality.Rate it:

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you donkeyYou silly personRate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heartRate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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eyes closed all earsto listen to high fidelity music in the fullest senseRate it:

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be all earsTo listen carefully or eagerly; to anticipate.Rate it:

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are your ears burningSaid of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion.Rate it:

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Spock earsPointy ears, resembling those of Spock, a Star Trek character.Rate it:

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ears are burningBeing the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.Rate it:

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little pitchers have big earsSmall children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).Rate it:

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All EarsTo show keen interest in listening someone, be attentive to someoneRate it:

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all earsListening intently; fully focused.Rate it:

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all earsAwaiting an explanation.Rate it:

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all eyes and earsTo be attentive.Rate it:

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believe one's earsTo believe that something which one hears is truly the case.Rate it:

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box someone's earsTo slap someone on the side of the head, usually as an informal punishment.Rate it:

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box your earsA Threat of Violence To { child or youth ] because of a minor infraction.Rate it:

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dry behind the earsSeasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.Rate it:

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elephant earsUsed other than as an idiom: see elephant, ear.Rate it:

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elephant earstaroRate it:

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fall on deaf earsOf a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored.Rate it:

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have one's ears loweredTo get a haircut.Rate it:

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i am all earsI am listeningRate it:

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jug earsEars whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.Rate it:

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Little Pitchers Have Big EarsSometimes little children who listen to old people’s conversation hear and perceive things a lot than people expect them toRate it:

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little pitchers have long earsAlternative form of little pitchers have big ears.Rate it:

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make someone's ears sadTo displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.Rate it:

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music to someone's earsSome good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.Rate it:

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preach to deaf earsTo attempt to persuade a party that does not wish to listen or cannot be altered in its conviction.Rate it:

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prick up one's earsTo listen attentively.Rate it:

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set by the earsTo make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.Rate it:

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up to one's earsup to hereRate it:

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walls have earsThere is a risk of being heard, so pay attention to what you say.Rate it:

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