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music to one's ear
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music to one's ear
Some unexpected good news; a favorable outcome after some initial confusion or delay.
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face the music
To accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.
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music hall
vaudeville
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music to someone's ears
Some good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.
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flea in one's ear
A stinging rebuke or rebuff.
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go in one ear and out the other
Failed to pay attention.
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out on one's ear
Fired, dismissed or thrown out, especially for some wrongdoing or otherwise with disgrace.
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ear tunnel
A piece of jewelry that fits into a stretched earlobe hole and makes it seem like a peephole and makes it see-through.
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ear splitting
very loud
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play by ear
To play guided by one's memory of the sound, rather than from a written score.
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elephant ear
Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.A taro plant.Caladium.
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bend somebody's ear
Sorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.
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bend somebody's ear
To bore; to talk too long.
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bend someone's ear
To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person.
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box on the ear
Administered on the victim's ear, usually by an educator, to enforce attention.
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cute as a bug's ear
Very cute.
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ear to the ground
The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness.
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ear to the ground
Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed.
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ear trumpet
old hearing aid
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ear tunnel
A part of the ear.
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elephant ear
Used other than as an idiom: see elephant, ear.
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elephant ear
A flat, crisp, sugared pastry
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elephant ear
A taro plant.
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elephant ear
Caladium.
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elephant ear
A taro plant.
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elephant ear
Caladium.
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give ear
Dante Gabriel Rosetti, A Death-Parting, lines 5-6.
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give ear
To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.
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have the wolf by the ear
To be in a difficult situation - a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain.
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make a pig's ear of
To do badly; to make a mess of.
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make a silk purse of a sow's ear
To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
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mind's ear
The mental faculty or inner sense with which one produces or reproduces imagined or recalled sounds solely within the mind; the supposed organ within the mind which experiences such sounds.
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play by ear
To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur.
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play it by ear
To do something by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur.
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play it by ear
To play a song according to how it sounds, rather than from a written score.
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talk someone's ear off
To talk excessively or far more than is wanted or appreciated.
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tin ear
Insensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language.
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turn a deaf ear
to refuse to listen or hear something
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you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
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cut off one's nose to spite one's face
To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.
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damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
A dilemma where either choice results in a negative outcome.
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one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Words spoken by Neil Armstrong when taking the first steps on the moon.
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put one's money where one's mouth is
More generally, to take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making.
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all one's eggs in one basket
Devoting all of one’s resources to one thing.
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all one's eggs in one basket
Investing heavily in just one area.
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cut one's coat according to one's cloth
Live according to your means.
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have one's wits about one
To remain calm, composed, or aware.
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have one's work cut out for one
To face a large task or project.
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it takes one to know one
The person criticizing is as bad as the person being criticized.
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keep one on one's toes
To keep one attentive, active, busy or alert.
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