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
Abdur-Rashid-Arabic
PaĈJoPAH-chyoEsperanto
Amira (2)ah-MEER-ahHebrew
Natalius-Late Roman
VelmaVEL-məEnglish
Alona-Hebrew