Idiom
make someone's ears sad
Meaning
To displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please turn that music down, it is making my ears sad.”
“The neighbor practiced his violin all night, which really made my ears sad.”
“The amateur singer insisted on performing the difficult aria, a choice that undoubtedly made the ears of everyone in the audience sad.”
Examples
simple
“Please turn that music down, it is making my ears sad.”
contextual
“The neighbor practiced his violin all night, which really made my ears sad.”
complex
“The amateur singer insisted on performing the difficult aria, a choice that undoubtedly made the ears of everyone in the audience sad.”
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