flea in one's ear
flea in one's ear · fleas in one's ear
A stinging rebuke or rebuffA stinging rebuke or rebuff.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A stinging rebuke or rebuff.
If he bothers me again, I'll send him home with a flea in his ear.
Forms
plural: fleas in one's ear| Singular | flea in one's ear |
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irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.