have the ear of



have the ear of somebody

to be able to share your opinions with someone important or powerful With a Latino as secretary of commerce, the Hispanic community finally had the ear of the president.
See also: ear, have, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FemkeFEM-kə (Dutch)Dutch, Frisian
Agnethe-Danish
JakobYAH-kawp (German), YAH-kob (Danish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Faustine-French
Micheil-Scottish
Tvrtko-Croatian