music to ears
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music to (one's) ears
Something that is pleasing to hear, such as good news. When Michelle heard that her son and daughter-in-law were going to have a baby, it was music to her ears.
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music to someone's ears
Fig. a welcome sound to someone; news that someone is pleased to hear. A: Here's your paycheck for this month. B: Ah, that's music to my ears!
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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music to ears jaded by the overfamiliarity of many Latin American forms.
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music to ears. Even the Saudi Oil Minister Khalid Al-Falih expressed his appreciation for the underlining tilt; the world needed fossil fuel for decades and new investments in the sector need to be promoted, and not discouraged.
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