can't believe your ears

can't believe your ears
can't believe (your) ears if you can't believe your ears, you are very surprised at something that someone tells you.

She couldn't believe her ears when they told her Jim had been arrested.

(usually in past tenses)

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  • can't believe your eyes — can’t believe your eyes/ears/informal phrase used for emphasizing that you are extremely surprised or angry about something you have seen or heard What was he saying? I could hardly believe my ears! Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are… …   Useful english dictionary

  • can't believe ears — can t believe (your) ears if you can t believe your ears, you are very surprised at something that someone tells you. She couldn t believe her ears when they told her Jim had been arrested. (usually in past tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

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