Idiom
hear the grass grow
Meaning
To have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She has such sharp ears that she can almost hear the grass grow.”
“My grandfather claims he can hear the grass grow because he notices every tiny sound in the house at night.”
“The detective sat in the silent room, listening with such intense focus that he felt as though he could hear the grass grow outside.”
Examples
simple
“She has such sharp ears that she can almost hear the grass grow.”
contextual
“My grandfather claims he can hear the grass grow because he notices every tiny sound in the house at night.”
complex
“The detective sat in the silent room, listening with such intense focus that he felt as though he could hear the grass grow outside.”
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