Please lend an ear to my story.
lend an ear
idiomTo listen to someone.
If you have a problem, I am always happy to lend an ear and help you think it through.
The weary traveler sat by the fire, hoping that someone would lend an ear to the strange tales he had gathered during his long journey.
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bend someone's ear
To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person.
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ear to the ground
The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness.
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ear tunnel
A round piece of jewelry with a hole in the middle, which fits into a stretched earlobe.
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flea in one's ear
A stinging rebuke or rebuff.
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give ear
To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.
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go in one ear and out the other
To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.
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have a word in someone's ear
To speak to someone in private.
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have the wolf by the ear
To be in a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain.