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Sentence #297418

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 WestofEden WestofEden September 3, 2013 September 3, 2013 at 4:01:50 PM UTC link Permalink

set by the ears: to cause disagreement or commotion

I'm not sure if this is correct or not.

Tangobango Tangobango September 5, 2018 September 5, 2018 at 1:36:55 PM UTC link Permalink

This sentence is awkward, as I’ve never heard a US native speaker use this expression.

PaulP PaulP September 5, 2018 September 5, 2018 at 1:59:16 PM UTC link Permalink

You can adopt it and change it, Tango. WestofEden is not the owner anymore.

Tangobango Tangobango September 5, 2018 September 5, 2018 at 2:08:14 PM UTC link Permalink

PaulP: thanks. I would if I had any idea what the sentence is supposed to mean.

PaulP PaulP September 5, 2018 September 5, 2018 at 2:12:05 PM UTC link Permalink

Then maybe we better delete it? I added the @delete tag. If nobody objects or has a good alternative, the sentence can be removed in 2 weeks from now.

AlanF_US AlanF_US September 28, 2019, edited September 28, 2019 September 28, 2019 at 10:39:49 PM UTC, edited September 28, 2019 at 10:41:06 PM UTC link Permalink

https://idioms.thefreedictionar...et+by+the+ears

However, I am a native US English speaker, and I've never heard this phrase used, either.

Thanuir Thanuir October 16, 2019 October 16, 2019 at 11:56:50 AM UTC link Permalink

Wiktionary has quotes from 1623 to 1971: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/set_by_the_ears

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He set us by the ears.

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➜ #106268彼は私たちを仲違いさせた。

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➜ #8258126Hän laittoi meidät kiistelemään.

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