bend someone's ear

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

bend someone's ear

1. (idiomatic) To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person.

   Sorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.

Translations

talk too long

• Dutch: iemand de oren van het hoofd kletsen
• Finnish: korvia, pitkästyttää
• French: rebattre les oreilles (fr)
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• German: jemandem ein Ohr abkauen
• Polish: zanudzać (pl) impf
• Russian: все у́ши прожужжа́ть pf (vse úši prožužžátʹ)