- have big ears
- Australian, informal
to listen to other people's private conversations.
Don't talk so loudly unless you want everyone to know. Bill has big ears you know.
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have big ears
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little pitchers have big ears — Little children often overhear things they are not supposed to hear, or things adults do not expect they would notice. A proverb. * /Be especially careful not to swear in front of little children. Little pitchers have big ears./ … Dictionary of American idioms
little pitchers have big ears — Little children often overhear things they are not supposed to hear, or things adults do not expect they would notice. A proverb. * /Be especially careful not to swear in front of little children. Little pitchers have big ears./ … Dictionary of American idioms
little\ pitchers\ have\ big\ ears — proverb Little children often overhear things they are not supposed to hear, or things adults do not expect they would notice. Be especially careful not to swear in front of little children. Little pitchers have big ears … Словарь американских идиом
little pitchers have big ears — little children often overhear things that they are not supposed to hear Little pitchers have big ears she said when she saw her daughter standing at the door listening to her talking to her husband … Idioms and examples
little pitchers have big ears — (USA) This means that children hear more and understand the world around them better than many adults realize … The small dictionary of idiomes
Big Ears — Infobox Film name = Big Ears image size = caption = director = Robert F. McGowan producer = Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach writer = H. M. Walker narrator = starring = music = Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley cinematography = Art Lloyd editing = Richard C … Wikipedia
little pitchers have large ears — Children overhear much that is not meant for them. A pitcher’s ears are its handles. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. V. G4v Auoyd your children, small pitchers haue wide eares. 1594 SHAKESPEARE Richard III II. iv. 37 Good madam, be not… … Proverbs new dictionary
little pitchers have big ears — (USA) This means that children hear more and understand the world around them better than many adults realize.<br (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
big — See: IN A BIG WAY, LITTLE FROG IN A BIG POND, LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE BIG EARS, TALK BIG, TOO BIG FOR ONE S BREECHES, WHAT S THE BIG IDEA … Dictionary of American idioms
big — See: IN A BIG WAY, LITTLE FROG IN A BIG POND, LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE BIG EARS, TALK BIG, TOO BIG FOR ONE S BREECHES, WHAT S THE BIG IDEA … Dictionary of American idioms
