# music to someone's ears

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/music-to-someones-ears
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; specifically, some good news, or welcome information or remarks.

## Examples

- Hearing that the project is finished is music to my ears.
- Your offer to help me clean the kitchen is music to my ears.
- The news that the flight is on time is music to their ears.
- When the boss announced that we would all get a bonus this year, it was music to everyone's ears.
- The sound of the rain hitting the roof was music to the farmer's ears after a long, dry summer without any water for his crops.
- After she spent hours fixing the broken engine, the steady hum of the car finally starting was music to her ears.
- The doctor’s confirmation that the surgery was a complete success was music to my ears after weeks of worrying about my health.
- After months of uncertainty regarding the company's future, the CEO's promise of job security was truly music to the employees' ears.

## Origin

From *music*, used in the sense of any interesting or pleasing sounds. The idiom functions as a figurative extension of the noun, though the specific date of its first appearance as a fixed phrase is not recorded in the source.

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