have big ears
have big ears
To listen in on a conversation that one is not a participant in; to eavesdrop. Let's postpone this discussion until a later time—some people in the office have big ears. Janet definitely has big ears—if she overhears that you're pregnant, everyone will know by noon. I don't have big ears! You guys just talk so loud that I can't help but overhear what you're saying!
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Grandaughter said: "Is that why you have big ears and a small head?" The teacher then went around the class and asked the first group: "Do I have big ears and a small head?" The group said: "No sir."
He went to the second group and asked "Do I have big ears and a small head?
"Gary Lineker might think it's funny to
have big ears but I don't."
The researchers used as their starting point the raw data that produced last year's offering, "Why do old men
have big ears?" by James A.
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