pin someone's ears back

Defeat, overcome, punish, as in The Red Sox had their ears pinned back by the Yankees, or You'll get your ears pinned back if you're late. [c. 1940]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kornelia	kawr-NE-lee-ah (German), kawr-NEL-yah (Polish)	German, Polish
Deloris	də-LAWR-is	English
Latasha	lə-TASH-ə	African American
Elysia	-	Various
Virgilijus	-	Lithuanian
Benton	[ben'tən]