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Vocabulary
IDIOMS WITH PARTS OF THE BODY

EAR

  • to be all ears = listen with attention and interest.
    He was all ears when I told him I had free tickets for the cinema.
  • to be out on one's ear = be forced to leave a place because something wrong has been done.
    You should work harder or you'll be out on your ear.
  • to be up to one's ears (in something) = be extremely busy.
    I'm sorry I didn't call you yesterday, but I was up to my ears in work.
  • to turn a deaf ear to something = ignore something unwelcome, like criticism or complaints.
    I told him not to park there but he just turned a deaf ear to it.
  • to close/shut your ears to something = refuse to listen to bad or unpleasant news.
    Please, listen to him, don't shut you ears to his warning.
  • to go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other = to forget something almost immediately after hearing it.
    I don't know why I tell her. It just goes in one ear and out the other. 
  • to play by ear = play an instrument from memory.
  • to keep one's ears open = to listen in order to find out what is happening.
    Please keep your ears open for anything unusual.
  • to have something coming out of one's ears = have too much of something.
    At this time of year, shops have Christmas lightings coming out of their ears.

 

Exercise
Choose the right answer.

1. Albert has made a lot of mistakes and now he is .

2. Thomas doesn't need to read the music, he just .

3. When the director spoke to Elaine, she was  .

4. For Halloween, every place has pumpkins  .

5. I think I heard something at the kitchen. Please go down and .

6. Tom would never listen to me. Everything I say  .

7. Norbert had a lot of work yesterday, he was really .

Score:
   
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