Idiom
ear to the ground
Meaning
The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Keep your ear to the ground for any news about the new store.”
“As a journalist, she always keeps her ear to the ground to find the most interesting stories in the city.”
“The seasoned investor kept his ear to the ground, carefully monitoring subtle shifts in the market long before his competitors noticed the trend.”
Examples
simple
“Keep your ear to the ground for any news about the new store.”
contextual
“As a journalist, she always keeps her ear to the ground to find the most interesting stories in the city.”
complex
“The seasoned investor kept his ear to the ground, carefully monitoring subtle shifts in the market long before his competitors noticed the trend.”
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