send someone off with a flea in their ear
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send someone off with a flea in their ear — British to criticize someone severely … English dictionary
flea — UK [fliː] / US [flɪ] noun [countable] Word forms flea : singular flea plural fleas a small jumping insect that lives on animals and bites them • send someone off with a flea in their ear … English dictionary
ear — W2S2 [ıə US ır] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of your body)¦ 2¦(hearing)¦ 3¦(grain)¦ 4 smile/grin etc from ear to ear 5 6 a sympathetic ear 7 close/shut your ears to something … Dictionary of contemporary English
flea — [fli:] n [: Old English;] 1.) a very small insect without wings that jumps and bites animals and people to eat their blood ▪ Are you sure the dog has fleas ? 2.) send sb off with a flea in their ear BrE to talk angrily to someone, especially… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ear — noun 1 PART OF YOUR BODY (C) one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with: Lou turned to Mark and whispered something in his ear. 2 HEARING (U) the ability to hear sounds: too high pitched to be heard by the human ear | have… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
flea — noun (C) 1 a very small insect without wings that jumps and bites animals and people to eat their blood 2 send sb off with a flea in their ear to talk angrily to someone, especially because they have done something you disapprove of … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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