ear to the ground

Listening for any indication of what is happening or will happen. Often used in the phrase "keep a/one's ear to the ground." A: "I'm not sure what's going to happen with this merger, so I'm keeping an ear to the ground." B: "Please let me know if you hear anything." I know Kim's got her ear to the ground in case word gets out about the promotion.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Etelvina	-	Spanish
Gervais	zher-VE	French
Tami	TAM-ee	English
Erna (2)	ER-nah (Swedish)	Norse Mythology, Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Percival	PUR-si-vəl (English)	Arthurian Romance, English
Markuss	-	Latvian