To 'bend someone's ear' involves talking to them extensively, either to persuade them or to simply talk at length, potentially to the point of boring them.
The idiom 'to bend someone's ear' means to talk to someone for a long time, often to persuade them or to bore them with a monologue.
| Idiom | to bend someone's ear |
|---|---|
| Definition | to talk to someone (for a long time) in order to get them to do what you want; to bore someone with a long monologue |
| Examples | - I hate going to meetings with him. He always comes up to me afterwards and tries to bend my ear. - There's no point trying to bend my ear. I've made up my mind. - He bent my ear for a few hours and showed me all around his huge shop. - I once had my ear bent at length by a distinguished Russian writer, who was outraged by some very famous English versions from Russian poets. |
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