are your ears burning

English

Phrase

are your ears burning

1. (idiomatic, colloquial, rhetorical question) Said of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion.

   Are your ears burning? We were just talking about you.

Translations

said of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion

Catalan: no et xiulaven les orelles? Finnish: puhuimme juuri sinusta (fi) French: avez-vous les oreilles qui sifflent ? Hungarian: nem csuklottál? Italian: ti hanno fischiato le orecchie? Korean: 호랑이도 제말하면 온다 (ko) (the tiger comes after the speech about him) Russian: лёгок на помине (ru) (ljógok na pomíne, easy on the mention), у тебя уши не горят? (ru) (u tebjá úši ne gorjat?)

Spanish: ¿no te ardían las orejas? Swedish: när man talar om trollen (when one speaks about the trolls) Turkish: iyi insan lafının üstüne gelir (the good human comes after the speech about him/her), iti an çomağı hazırla (mention the dog, and get the stick ready)

See also

• ears are burning