ring in your ears

ring in your ears
ring in your ears phrase
if something such as someone’s words ring in your ears, you feel that you can still hear them after that person has stopped speaking

With his words ringing in her ears, she fled up the stairs.

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Main entry: ring

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ˌring in your ˈears/ˈhead idiom
to make you feel that you can still hear sth

His warning was still ringing in my ears.

Main entry:ringidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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