Question

Little Pitchers Have Big Ears little children, listening to the conversations of older people, often hear and understand a lot more than people give them credit for

Accepted Answer

My big sister and her friends never tell secrets around me. They say that little pitchers have big ears. The creator of this ancient saying imagined that the handles on the sides of a two-handled pitcher looked like human ears. The little pitchers in this idiom stand for small children, and having big ears means they are able to hear and understand things adults think they're too young to know.

Idiom	Little Pitchers Have Big Ears
Example	My big sister and her friends never tell secrets around me. They say that little pitchers have big ears.
Meaning	little children, listening to the conversations of older people, often hear and understand a lot more than people give them credit for
Origin	The creator of this ancient saying imagined that the handles on the sides of a two-handled pitcher looked like human ears. The little pitchers in this idiom stand for small children, and having big ears means they are able to hear and understand things adults think they're too young to know.

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