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are your ears burning

are your ears burning phrase: asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion.

Phrase

are your ears burning?

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, rhetoric) Asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion.
    • Are your ears burning? We were just talking about you.

Questions about are your ears burning

What does are your ears burning mean?
Are your ears burning means asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion.
What part of speech is are your ears burning?
Are your ears burning is a phrase.

Words near are your ears burning in the dictionary

  1. are you OK
  2. are you religious
  3. are you single
  4. are you sure you're sure
  5. are you taking any medications
  6. are your ears burning
  7. area
  8. Area 51
  9. Area A
  10. Area B
  11. area boy

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