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
Csenge	CHENG-ge	Hungarian
Dorris	DAWR-is	English
Clematis	klə-MAT-is	English (Rare)
Ernst	ERNST (German), ERNSHT (Swedish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Manfredo	-	Italian
Ealdr&Aelig;D	-	Anglo-Saxon