English · Idiom Attested

lend an ear

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Listen to someone sympathetically or attentively.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

lắng nghe ai đó một cách đồng cảm hoặc chú ý

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Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Seventeen, eighteen, Lend me your ears, then my sneeze on nineteen, and your slap on twenty. '

This is one machine that will quite easily fight its way to the top of the £300 pile; lend it your ears.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Topics: Ears

Common questions

What does “lend an ear” mean?

Listen to someone sympathetically or attentively.

Is “lend an ear” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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