virgin ears



virgin ears

Said of a person who is or seems particularly young or innocent (and thus has not been exposed to much profanity or other inappropriate talk). I can't curse in front of him—he's 10 years old and still has virgin ears! Please go upstairs—the story I'm about to tell Is not meant for virgin ears.
See also: ear, virgin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bjarte-Norwegian
JodeneJO-deenEnglish (Rare)
JoelJOL (English), JO-əl (English), ho-EL (Spanish), zhoo-EL (Portuguese), YO-el (Swedish, Finnish)English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical
Dzvezdan-Macedonian
TaniaTAHN-yə (English), TAN-yə (English), TAH-nyah (Italian)English, Italian
Mamie['meimi]