Lend me your ear: a compilation of gestures from around the globeFrom the headline of this article at The Boston Globe.
上記の文で、lend me your earの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "lend me your ear" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎に訳がないので、下記The Idiomsの定義を訳すと、
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Answer
According to The Idioms:ask for someone's full attention
Etymology/語源
Idiom AtticShakespeareのJulius Caesarから。
According to Idiom Attic:
From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Examples
- Lend me your ear and I will tell you about my adventures in the mountains.
- Could you please lend me your ear for a minute? I need to tell you something really important.
- Even if you disagree with someone, you should still lend them your ear and try to understand their point of view.
- The boss asked us all to lend him our ears for an hour this afternoon. I wonder what he's going to tell us.
- Hey, lend an ear to this - Suzy is getting married.
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