bend someone's ear

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

bend someone 's ear

(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)

German: jemandem ein Ohr abkauen
Polish: zanudzać (pl) impf
Russian: все у́ши прожужжа́ть pf (vse úši prožužžátʹ)

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