about (one's) ears

Around one. Said when something has failed. When her business went bankrupt, her whole world collapsed about her ears.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olufemi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Calixto	-	Spanish, Portuguese
Jaywant	-	Indian, Marathi
Navdeep	-	Indian (Sikh)
Aoibhe	EE-va	Irish
Vjera	-	Croatian, Serbian