An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, such as "ears are burning", the meaning of which has nothing to do with fire.
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- When someone "sounds like a broken record" they keep repeating the same thing. It's interesting that in reality a scratched vinyl record will skip, but a broken record won't play at all.
- When information goes "In one ear and out the other", it is quickly forgotten.
- To be "all ears" is to be eager to hear something.
- To "Bend someone's ear" is to talk to someone uninterruptedly until they are bored listening.
- When people talk about you and you are not present, your "ears must be burning"
- When people don't understand, or ignore, your words, your message "Falls on Deaf Ears".
- To "have one's ear to the ground" is to be attentive to one's surroundings.
- "Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" is to make the best out of a difficult situation.
- To "play it by ear" is to improvise.
- "The walls have ears" implies a lack of privacy when conversing.
- "Music to my Ears" implies I've received some unexpected good news.
- "Clear as a bell" implies that the message is fully understood.
- "Friends, Romans, Countrymen: Lend me your ears!" is a William Shakespeare quote from Julius Caesar. Mark Antony is requesting that people pay attention to his words.
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Sound Idioms