Idiom
take the wax out of one's ears
Meaning
To listen more carefully or pay closer attention.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You should take the wax out of your ears and listen to me.”
“If you want to understand the instructions, you need to take the wax out of your ears and focus.”
“The professor paused mid-lecture, suggesting that if the students took the wax out of their ears, they might finally grasp the complexity of the subject.”
Examples
simple
“You should take the wax out of your ears and listen to me.”
contextual
“If you want to understand the instructions, you need to take the wax out of your ears and focus.”
complex
“The professor paused mid-lecture, suggesting that if the students took the wax out of their ears, they might finally grasp the complexity of the subject.”
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