10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «A FLEA IN ONE'S EAR»
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a flea in one's ear in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
a flea in one's ear and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
F173 As snug as a Flea 1778 Hopkinson Miscellaneous Essays 3 (part 2) 170:
Sir William he, snug as a flea. 1809 Weems Marion 163-4: As snug as fleas in a
sheep skin. TW 138(4). See B350. F174 A Flea in one's ear 1773 Johnson
Papers ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
... OCr mcitlCIl £)1)rtn in my li. a-.iug ; cinem einen S'L>1> in* -Obi' fe0eu to put a
flea in one's ear ; et* ncm In ten O&ren licgeti to ding — stun one's ear perpetually
; fid) till- <tnbfr t>ei ben Ofyrcn Iriejjen to fall together by the ears, <ro together ...
Nathan Bailey, Johann Anton Fahrenkrüger, 1801
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
that's flat I am telling you definitely: I'm not doing it, and that's fat! flea a flea in
one's ear (often facet) a sharp scolding: The old lady thought he was impertinent
and sent him away with a flea in his ear, He got a flea in his ear from his boss for
...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
that's flat I am telling you definitely: I'm not doing it, and that's flat! flea a flea in
one's ear (often facet) a sharp scolding: The old lady thought he was impertinent
and sent him away with a flea in his ear; He got a flea in his ear from his boss for
...
... walls have ears M, WALL wet behind the ears M. WET with a flea in one's ear $
L FLEA * you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear & SILK early • at one's
earliest convenience fiE^F f?B$^ (Please drop us a line at your earliest ...
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Intertextual Masculinity
in French Renaissance Literature: ...
The meaning of the proverbial expression “avoir la puce a l'oreille” [“to have a
flea in one's ear”] in Rabelais's historical context has been explained in detail by
Daniel Russell,“ and is commented upon by Demerson in his 2l “In short, ...
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English and Chinese Dictionary: With the Punti and Mandarin ...
... ö í"- hú nán hiá, ft Q: Ш Kiái tsái liáng nán ; to fall together by the ears, А Щ. Ш
Ш tai' <ka cséung tau5. Ta kia sians tau ; unpleasant to the ear, p§- ijft ¡Ц sm 'hö
tfeng; to have a flea in one's ear, ...
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The new and complete dictionary of the German and English ...
Ctroa* im Sopfe flccfen l)aben, to have a Flea in one's Ear, to be restless or
uneasy ata Thing. fid) ben Sops uber etroaS gcrbrrtben , to beat or rack one's
Btains about a Thing, to put one's Brains upon the Rack. tt brauebt ober bebarf ...
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Proverbial Language
in English Drama Exclusive of ...
with a FLEA in his ear (Varied from 1546; Wh F259 [A flea in one's ear] from
al430) c1550 Love Feigned and Unfeigned 192 (go alone). c1564 Bugbears 1.1.
69f. (gon his waie). cl601 (1602) ?Dekker Blurt, Master Constable 2.2.300L: I will
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Robert William Dent, 1984
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
FLEA with a flea in one's ear rebuked; reprimanded She interrupted the party and
was sent out with a flea in her ear. FLESH flesh and blood the human body or
nature with its emotions, weaknesses, etc. This is more than flesh and blood can
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'A flea in one's ear' is an idiom: meaning rebuked or reprimanded, embarrassed or humiliated after an attempt at something by someone. «The Hans India, Jun 15»
