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talk out of one's ear

talk out of one's ear is the euphemistic form of talk out of one's ass.

Meaning of talk out of one's ass

Verb

talk out of one's ass (third-person singular simple present talks out of one's ass, present participle talking out of one's ass, simple past and past participle talked out of one's ass)

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic, vulgar) To exaggerate, lie, or speak nonsense, often in a way that involves shooting from the hip.
    • Near-synonyms: (general) bullshit (verb), talk out one's ass, talk through one's ass, talk out of one's ear (expurgated), talk through one's hat (expurgated), shoot one's mouth off, shoot from the hip, whistle in the dark; (in lieu of occupational competence) fake it till one makes it

Forms of talk out of one's ear

third-person singular presenttalks out of one's ear
present participletalking out of one's ear
past participletalked out of one's ear
pasttalked out of one's ear

Questions about talk out of one's ear

What is talk out of one's ear the euphemistic form of?
Talk out of one's ear is the euphemistic form of talk out of one's ass.

Words near talk out of one's ear in the dictionary

  1. talk one's way out of
  2. talk out
  3. talk out of
  4. talk out of one's arse
  5. talk out of one's ass
  6. talk out of one's ear
  7. talk out of school
  8. talk out of turn
  9. talk out one's ass
  10. talk over
  11. talk over someone's head

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