are your ears burning?



are your ears burning?

A rhetorical question addressed to someone who was not present for a conversation about which he or she was the subject. Oh, Marty! We were just talking about your new play. Are your ears burning?
See also: ear

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fabiolafah-BYO-lah (Italian), fah-VYO-lah (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
AdorjÁN-Hungarian
Stella (1)STEL-ə (English)English, Italian, Dutch, German
Lena['li:nə]
Shankar-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Nepali
OtisO-tisEnglish