He tries to tickle the ear of his boss with compliments.
tickle the ear
idiomTo flatter someone.
The politician knows exactly how to tickle the ear of the voters during his campaign speeches.
The advisor sought to tickle the ear of the king with pleasant promises, hoping to secure his position at court.
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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.