Bend someone's ear

Submitted by Ww Ww on 2017-11-23

Idiomatic translations of "Bend someone's ear"

Croatian
Mljeti sto na sat
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Croatian #1, #2
Danish
at snakke fanden et øre af
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Danish
at snakke/tale som et vandfald
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English
To talk someone's ears off
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English #1, #2, Greek
English
Talk the hind legs off a donkey
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French
Rebattre les oreilles (de quelqu'un)
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German
Ohne Punkt und Komma reden
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German
jemanden vollquatschen
Greek
του τρώω τ’ αυτιά
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Italian
Far venire il latte alle ginocchia
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Portuguese
falar pelos cotovelos
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Russian
Трезвонить без умолку
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Russian
Напал словесный понос
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Russian #1, #2
Serbian
probiti uši nekome
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Meanings of "Bend someone's ear"

English

To talk to someone at great length or to ask for a favour(s). Talking can be in person or on a phone. When you bend someone's ear that usually means there is a negative connotation in that you talked far too long.

Explained by Ww WwWw Ww on Thu, 23/11/2017 - 02:59
Explained by Ww WwWw Ww
English

to talk to someone for a long time

Example: . I dread it every time that woman calls me on the
telephone because she bends my ear about how her
children don’t appreciate her.

Explained by ϕιλομαθήςϕιλομαθής on Fri, 13/07/2018 - 18:20
Explained by ϕιλομαθήςϕιλομαθής
Russian

надоедать кому-л. скучным разговором; прожужжать кому-л. все уши.

Explained by St. SolSt. Sol on Wed, 15/08/2018 - 00:25
Explained by St. SolSt. Sol