bend someone's ear

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Talk about a matter at tedious length; monopolize someone's attention. For example, Aunt Mary is always bending his ear about her financial problems . This term may have come from the much older to bend one's ear to someone , meaning “to listen to someone,” although the current phrase implies a less than willing audience. [ Colloquial ; c. 1940]

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