chew one’s ear off

(verb) to talk a lot, to talk a lot about nothing


Example Sentences:

Martin’s girlfriend always chews his ear off, so he is going to break up with her.

A: Did you have a good job interview?
B: I think so! The interviewer chewed my ear off for one hour about nothing specific.
A: That sounds great!

Maria is a lovely woman, but she is always chewing everyone’s ears off when she is out with her friends.

From the Blogs:

Taxi drivers would find even more reason to chew your ears off with incessant chatting

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Similar idioms:

1. talk one’s ear off
2. chew over
3. turn something on its ear
4. turn a deaf ear to
5. play it by ear
6. bite off more than one can chew
7. chew someone out
8. prick up one’s ears
9. all ears
10. chat up