Idiom
ears are burning
Meaning
Being the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My ears are burning, so someone must be talking about me.”
“I just walked into the room and everyone went quiet, so I suspect my ears are burning.”
“She felt as though her ears were burning, convinced that her colleagues were dissecting her recent performance during the private meeting.”
Examples
simple
“My ears are burning, so someone must be talking about me.”
contextual
“I just walked into the room and everyone went quiet, so I suspect my ears are burning.”
complex
“She felt as though her ears were burning, convinced that her colleagues were dissecting her recent performance during the private meeting.”
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