אָזְנַיִם לַכֹּתֶל, אוזניים לכותל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The walls have ears / Secrets will out

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Even the wall may hear and reveal the secret. When passing a secret from one person to another, someone might be listening and the secret could be exposed.

("Do not curse the rich in your bedroom, for a bird of the air shall carry the voice... this is the raven, the wise among birds, and one with wings shall tell the matter — for the walls have ears." – Kohelet Rabbah (Vilna) 10; also: “Ears to the road and ears to the wall” – Vayikra Rabbah 32; and: “As it is written: Jacob called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock. From here the sages said: a person should not speak secrets in a house but in an open place, for there are ears in the wall.” – Pele Yoetz, entry “Secret”; also: “And ears to the wall... a bird of the sky will carry the sound outward, and the report will spread.” – Peretz, Mipi HaAm, HaOtzar)