Idiom
hear things
Meaning
To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I think I am hearing things in the quiet house.”
“The old floorboards creaked in the night, making me wonder if I was hearing things.”
“Disturbed by the silence of the empty mansion, he questioned his own sanity and wondered if he was merely hearing things.”
Examples
simple
“I think I am hearing things in the quiet house.”
contextual
“The old floorboards creaked in the night, making me wonder if I was hearing things.”
complex
“Disturbed by the silence of the empty mansion, he questioned his own sanity and wondered if he was merely hearing things.”
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