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
Bennett['benit]
Kumbukanikuw-mboo-KAH-neeSouthern African, Chewa
Leofd&Aelig;G-Anglo-Saxon
Baker['beikə]
Pierinapye-REE-nahItalian
Carlitos-Spanish, Portuguese