bend someone's ear

Talk about a matter at tedious length; monopolize someone's attention. For example, Aunt Mary is always bending his ear about her financial problems. This term may have come from the much older to bend one's ear to someone, meaning "to listen to someone," although the current phrase implies a less than willing audience. [Colloquial; c. 1940]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gurgen	-	Armenian, Georgian
Zinoviy	zee-NO-vee	Russian
Davida	-	English (Rare)
Narantsetseg	-	Mongolian
Douglass	['dɔgləs]
Marguerite	[.ma:gə'ri:t]