about ears

about/around somebody's ears

if something falls, or is brought about someone's ears, it suddenly fails completely and destroys someone's hopes and plans His business folded and collapsed about his ears. Her entire world seemed to have come crashing around her ears when he died.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lamech	LAY-mik (English)	Biblical
Anani	-	Biblical
Albin	AHL-been (Polish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, French, English, Slovene
Rouse	[rauz]
Krastyu	-	Bulgarian
Lavena	-	English (Rare)