单词 | to have one's ears on |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (got) one's ears on k. U.S. slang. to have (got) one's ears on: to be listening to or operating a radio (originally, a CB radio; cf. sense 16); (hence) to be paying attention. Also with one's ears on. ΚΠ 1975 L. Dills CB Slanguage Dict. 28 Ears on, CB radio turned on. 1976 CB Mag. June 9/1 Now you can let all the ‘good buddies’ know that you've got your ears on and you're ready to modulate! 1976 Field & Stream Sept. 21 (advt.) There are millions out there with their ears on waiting to talk to you Pace to Pace. 1999 T. Grosz Wildlife Wars ix. 105 I heard the skipper say, ‘Hey, Lauri, do you have your ears on?’ 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 34 That afternoon every radio operator and listener on Shingle Point with his or her ‘ears on’ hears that somebody got a whale. 2008 L. Simpson in K. Ramage Gun Digest 2009 203/2 Barrel length is 20 inches (everybody got their ears on?). < as lemmas |
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