a tin ear



a tin ear

  (informal)
if someone has a tin ear, they do not have a natural ability to understand or enjoy music Even to someone with a tin ear like mine, their singing sounded pretty awful.
See also: ear, tin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Auroraow-RO-rah (Spanish), ə-RAWR-ə (English), OW-ro-rah (Finnish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Humayra-Arabic
Binyaminbee-nyah-MEEN (Jewish)Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew
Aubery['ɔ:bri]
Cleo['kli:əu]
KasperKAHS-per (Polish, Swedish), KAHS-pər (Dutch)Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish