pin someone's ears back



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]
See also: back, ear, pin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Maja (2)MIE-ah (German, Polish)Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Nikolaj-Danish, Slovene
Hrafn-Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Dionisia-Medieval English
Cathy['kæθi]
Tufayl-Arabic