burn someone's ears
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Verb[edit]
burn someone's ears (third-person singular simple present burns someone's ears, present participle burning someone's ears, simple past and past participle burned someone's ears or burnt someone's ears)
- (idiomatic) To cause blushing of someone's ears due to strong embarrassment.
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- “burn someone's ears”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.