יָצָא וְאָזְנָיו מְקֻוטָּפוֹת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Came out with his ears clipped/ to leave in shame/ "to leave with a flea in the ear"/ to be reprimanded ("with ears clipped")

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In a question: He left with a shameful face. He left humiliated. He left with harm (picked up from the meaning of a torn piece).

("Reuven went out with his ears pricked up, and Shimon Levi began to call out to his brothers, saying, "Brothers, you were in the law." - at the beginning of Rabbah (Vilna) Parashah and Yahya Parashah 11)