10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOTH EARS»
Discover the use of
cloth ears in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cloth ears and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hearing Loss: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: ...
Data detailed in 'Analysis of the mouse mutant Cloth-ears shows a role for the
voltage-gated sodium channel Scn8a in peripheral neural hearing loss' have
been presented. “Deafness is the most common sensory disorder in humans and
the ...
2
Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks
The cloth ears are sewn to these rods at their tips, about two-thirds of the way up
the ear. Cut those threads. Pull the cloth ears off the metal rods that keep them in
place. The cloth ears will still be attached at the bottom edge. Figure 5-2 shows ...
3
Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
2.adj. of or belonging to the working class. clotheared Br. col. deaf; cloth ears Br.
derog. or humor. a deaf man. cloth ears/ have cloth ears Br. not pay attention to
smth.important. clothes/ the king's new clothes Br. pretending to understand and.
asked their leader. “What baby?” “The baby that was born here today, come on,
cloth ears, where is he?” Cloth ears? Unless there's some research going on I
don't know about, I'm not even sure that 'cloth ears' are physiologically possible.
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
Since the later 1970s. closet queen a crypto-homosexual, a homosexual who has
not come out (of the closet). Since the late 1940s and perhaps earlier. See closet,
n.; queen. clot a fool, as in you stupid clot! Since around 1920. cloth ears in to ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... about work. informal ear be all ears be listening eagerly and attentively.
informal bend someone's ear: see BEND. bring something (down) about your
ears bring something, especially misfortune, on yourself cloth ears: see CLOTH.
cock your ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To have cloth ears 1962 "You ain't got cloth ears— as the girl said to the soldier!"
(p. 79) Rathbone, Basil. In and Out of Character. 1962. New York: Limelight
Editions, 1989. Clothes (don't) make the man. (APP 73; ODEP 16; EAP 75; MP
120; ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
... 1991:99) cloth ears cloth ears n Protruding ears; ears that stick out from the
head. = bat ears, flyaway ears ◊ (Haynes 1987:13) cloud(ed) snake cloud(ed)
snake n Sibon nebulata nebulata, a non-venomous snake. (fr overall cloudy ...
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Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon
... hear, or pay attention to, only certain gross features of the sound waves. Only
later does their discrimination become “fine-tuned.” To some extent this seems to
be true. Children do. Aggergog Miggers, Wips and Gucks The Cloth Ears Theory.
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Cloth ears Derogatory term for someone not very intelligent or someone who is
not paying sufficient attention (e.g. 'hey, cloth ears, why aren't you listening to
what I'm saying?').“ Cloud cuckoo land A place ofimpossible ideas; hence,
someone ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOTH EARS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cloth ears is used in the context of the following news items.
Ministry of Health 'concerned about financial performance' of CDHB
... member Anna Crighton said the financial situation was "something beyond our control", saying of the ministry: "it's like they've got cloth ears". «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
Raheem Sterling will hope Slovenia offers an escape from the …
... pointed out afterwards, it is something Sterling is going to have to handle by developing an extremely thick skin, not to mention cloth ears. «Express.co.uk, Jun 15»
Canterbury police officer Shane Monaghan faces disciplinary …
Miss Richardson texted back: “For the third time, cloth ears, I am typing it.” Mr Falk then said: “It is clear from the texts she has written the ... «Kent Online, May 15»
I'm sorry, what was that again?
It was her phone that had died, not her mother; which I probably would have twigged if I'd taken half a second to analyse what my cloth ears ... «Herald Scotland, May 15»
Achingly unacceptable: the bad language that bugs me
... “I don't want you using my daughter as leverage,” he might sound businesslike; he also shows that the scriptwriter has cloth ears. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
The week in Scottish politics: is that a future prime minister in your …
... the community empowerment measures and ... oh, why do I bother when the Graun has cloth ears for anything happening outside its bubble . «The Guardian, Mar 15»
We like our politics to stay close to the centre
Must have cloth ears. Greg Cyster, Mount Taylor. Can a PM credibly comment on Australia's finances over the past decade without even ... «The Age, Feb 15»
Documentary special: Former head of NewsCorp Australia …
Listening is a two-way process in a company; I think many of the people with whom I worked had, I think it's been described as cloth ears. And it ... «ABC Online, Jan 15»
“Grey mare” mid-winter tradition makes return to Wales
Two black cloth ears may be sewn onto the cloth. The lower jaw is sometimes spring-loaded, so that the Mari's 'operator' can snap it at ... «Horsetalk, Jan 15»
Former head of NewsCorp Australia describes life in the Murdoch …
Listening is a two-way process in a company; I think many of the people with whom I worked had, I think it's been described as cloth ears. And it ... «ABC Local, Dec 14»
