单词 | to win the ear of a person |
释义 | > as lemmasto win (also gain, †take) the ear of a person l. to have the ear of a person [probably after Middle French, French avoir l'oreille de (1581 in the passage translated in quot. 1586)] : to have the favourable attention of a person. Similarly to win (also gain, †take) the ear of a person: to obtain the attention of a person. ΚΠ 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 343 We may draw an excellent doctrine for all that are placed in authoritie, or that haue the eares of great men [Fr. qui ont l'oreille des grands] at commandement, that they neuer cause the wicked to be aduanced. 1656 T. Hooker Comment Christ's Last Prayer 429 He that hath intelligence dayly from such, as have the Ear of the King, sit at Counsel-Table, he in the Bosom of his Majesty. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 1. ⁋7 Mr. Kidney..has the Ear of the Greatest Politicians. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1128/1 Folly itself can sometimes please the Fair, And, strange to think on, gain the ear of Sense. 1826 E. Irving Babylon II. vi. 97 Some messenger powerful enough to take their ear and be heard. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 31 Oct. 14/3 To gain the ear of the House. 1910 P. G. Wodehouse Gentleman of Leisure ii. 19 ‘You have our ear,’ said Mifflin kindly. ‘Tell me all.’ 1958 Visct. Montgomery Mem. (1961) 263 They had spent those crucial years in the Middle East together. So ‘Mnori’ had Tedder's ear. 1999 Pop. Sci. Mar. 79/2 Relying heavily on psychoacoustic trickery to win your ears. 2006 Economist 16 Dec. 105/3 A group of free-market economists gained his ear, preaching privatisation. < as lemmas |
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