send away with a flea in ear



send somebody away with a flea in their ear

  (British & Australian informal)
to angrily tell someone to go away A young kid came asking for money but I sent him away with a flea in his ear.
See also: away, ear, flea, send

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rebekkare-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Dylis-Welsh
Feivel-Yiddish
Maricruz-Spanish
Gita-Indian, Hindi
Tine (1)-Norwegian, Danish