bend someone's ear

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

bend someone's ear (third-person singular simple present bends someone's ear, present participle bending someone's ear, simple past and past participle bent someone's ear)

1. (idiomatic) To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person.

   Sorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.

2. (idiomatic) To call someone's attention to an important matter.

   I managed to bend his ear about the current crisis. I hope he will act now.

3. (reflexive) To put a hand behind one's ear and cup it around so as to hear better.

Translations

talk too long

• Dutch: iemand de oren van het hoofd kletsen
• Finnish: korvia, pitkästyttää (fi)
• French: rebattre les oreilles (fr)
• German: jemandem ein Ohr abkauen (de), zutexten (de)
• Polish: zanudzać (pl) impf
• Russian: все у́ши прожужжа́ть pf (vse úši prožužžátʹ)