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ears are burning

idiom

variants or feel one's ears burning
humorous
used to say that someone has the feeling that other people are talking about him or her
I bet his ears are burning right now.
"We were talking about you last night." "That explains why I felt my ears burning."

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“Ears are burning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ears%20are%20burning. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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