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Idiom

jug ears

Meaning

Ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He has jug ears that stick out from his head.”

“The boy felt self-conscious about his jug ears, so he grew his hair longer to cover them.”

“Despite his prominent jug ears, he carried himself with such quiet confidence that people rarely noticed his physical features.”

Examples

simple

“He has jug ears that stick out from his head.”

contextual

“The boy felt self-conscious about his jug ears, so he grew his hair longer to cover them.”

complex

“Despite his prominent jug ears, he carried himself with such quiet confidence that people rarely noticed his physical features.”

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