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put a bug in someone's ear
put a bug in someone's ear
Give someone a hint about something, as in Janet put a bug in her husband's ear about getting the children a dog for Christmas. This idiom presumably likens the buzzing about of an insect to a hint, although the exact analogy is not clear. [c. 1900]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Aingeru | | - | Basque |
| Ehud | | - | Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| Charis | | KAR-is (English) | Ancient Greek, English (Rare) |
| Menelaos | | - | Greek Mythology |
| Ernest | | ['ə:nist] | |
| Touthmosis | | - | Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized) |