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
KlemensKLE-mens (German, Polish)German, Danish, Swedish, Polish
Megaira-Greek Mythology
UrhoOOR-hoFinnish
Walerianvah-LER-yahnPolish
Albertine['ælbəti:n]
ZenziTSEN-tseeGerman