to have sb's ear

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• have someone's ear — To be sure of someone s favourable attention • • • Main Entry: ↑ear * * * have someone’s ear phrase to know someone with power or authority who will listen to you He has the director’s ear. Thesaurus: to know something or someonesynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• have somebody's ear — have sb s ear | have the ear of sb idiom to be able to give sb advice, influence them, etc. because they trust you • He had the ear of the monarch. Main entry: ↑earidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• have someone's ear — have (someone s) ear if someone has the ear of an important and powerful person, that person is willing to listen to their ideas. He s a powerful industrialist who has the President s ear …   New idioms dictionary

• have someone's ear — ► have someone s ear have access to and power to persuade or influence someone. Main Entry: ↑ear …   English terms dictionary

• have half an ear on something — have half an ear on (something) to listen to something without giving it all your attention. I had half an ear on the radio as he was talking to me …   New idioms dictionary

• have half an ear on — (something) to listen to something without giving it all your attention. I had half an ear on the radio as he was talking to me …   New idioms dictionary

• have a tin ear — ► have a tin ear informal be tone deaf. Main Entry: ↑tin …   English terms dictionary

• have a tin ear — mainly american informal phrase to be unable to hear the difference between musical notes Thesaurus: musical abilitysynonym musical instrumentshyponym Main entry: tin …   Useful english dictionary

• have one's ear to the ground — • keep one s ear to the ground • have one s ear to the ground pay attention to the way things are going or the way people feel and think He always has his ear to the ground and knows everything that is going on in our company …   Idioms and examples

• To have one's ear — Ear Ear, n. [AS. e[ a]re; akin to OFries. [ a]re, [ a]r, OS. ?ra, D. oor, OHG. ?ra, G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. [ o]ra, Dan. [ o]re, Goth. auso, L. auris, Lith. ausis, Russ. ukho, Gr. ?; cf. L. audire to hear, Gr. ?, Skr. av to favor, protect. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• have someone's ear — have access to and influence with someone. → ear …   English new terms dictionary