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get an earful

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get an earful
to have a lot to listen to His fans got quite an earful - several well-known pieces spiced up with new arrangements.
Usage notes: often said about criticism or unwanted suggestions: I got a very unpleasant earful from a truck driver who thought I was in his way.
See also: earful, get


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You break it to the missus and get an earful because you promised to take her shopping.
You're gonna get an earful," a farmer shouted across Main Street to the Transportation Department's Ken Kohl, before ducking back into his pickup truck after dropping off mail at the post office.
You can stay in touch with Westminster and get an earful of another bunch of largely rude,ill- tempered and boorish, self- opinionated loudmouths by tuning in to Radio 5 Live for Prime Minister's Question Time (11.
 
 
 
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