set by the ears: to cause disagreement or commotion
I'm not sure if this is correct or not.
This sentence is awkward, as I’ve never heard a US native speaker use this expression.
You can adopt it and change it, Tango. WestofEden is not the owner anymore.
PaulP: thanks. I would if I had any idea what the sentence is supposed to mean.
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.
https://idioms.thefreedictionar...et+by+the+ears
However, I am a native US English speaker, and I've never heard this phrase used, either.
Wiktionary has quotes from 1623 to 1971: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/set_by_the_ears
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