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I don't know, but my brother used to wear a belt around his head when he went to bed , because he thought his ears stuck out.
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The OED2 has "to pin someone's ears back" = to rebuke or chastise them, and also "to pin one's ears back" [i.e., one's own ears] = to listen attentively. These are both cited from the mid-20th century...
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This thread reminds me that I got my ears pierced by my mother-in-law, figuratively.
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Keeping Eliza's admonitions on speculative arguments (from the "dry wine" thread) well in mind, I suggest the mental image whereby the level of vitriol and force of being "chewed out" or "dressed...
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foolscap, was that Cruz Reynoso?Category:California_Supreme_Court_justicesedit: I thought I was going crazy.
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Thanks! Just looked it up and edited and now edited back. I heard his story at a graduation ceremony at Boalt Hall in 1984 or '85. He seemed like an extremely warm and genuine human being.
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