have ear to the ground

have your ear to the ground

also keep your ear to the ground

to watch and listen carefully to what is happening around you We've had our ear to the ground, but we haven't learned anything about the company's plans.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hanne (1)	HAN-ne (Danish), HAHN-ne (Norwegian), HAH-nə (German), HAHN-nə (Dutch)	Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch
Abdul-Hamid	-	Arabic
Sylwia	SIL-vyah	Polish
Olivier	o-lee-VYE (French), O-lee-veer (Dutch)	French, Dutch
Jemmy	JEM-ee	English
Columbanus	-	Late Roman