Expressions (A–Z)
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Ears will tingle
Figuratively: the thing will shock the listener. An expression used to convey ho...
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F
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Five Senses
The five physical senses a person has: sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste.
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H
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Half-hearing / half-listening
See: “listen with half an ear.”
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Hard of hearing
A deaf person or someone with difficulty hearing.
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Hearing is not like seeing
The experience of hearing is not the same as the experience of seeing; to witnes...
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Hearing range
The distance from which the human ear can hear, as well as the range of sounds a...
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M
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Musical ear
An accurate sense of hearing that recognizes harmony and tones. Figuratively: mu...
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O
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Open ears / With attentive ears (his ears are open to)
Great attentiveness. Listening with deep concentration to what is being heard (t...
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P
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Plucked ears
See: "He plucked his ears’.
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R
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Revealed His Ear
See: “He uncovered his ear” (i.e., he revealed something to him in confidence).
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