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
Read[ri:d]
ÁDÁMAH-dahmHungarian
Tichaona-Southern African, Shona
Ceferinothe-fe-REE-no (Spanish), se-fe-REE-no (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Santuzza-Italian
LiesjeLEE-shəDutch