lend one's ear



lend one's ear

Also, lend an ear. Pay attention, listen, as in "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 3:2). This idiom may be obsolescent. [Late 1300s]
See also: ear, lend

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HÜSeyİN-Turkish
MÁEl Sechnaill-Ancient Irish
Ariaden[æri'ædni]
Acton['æktən]
GailaGAY-ləEnglish (Rare)
Nestore-Italian