someone's ears are burning Idiom
burning question
(See the burning question)
keep the home fires burning
keep things going as usual while someone is away Don
the burning question
the main question, what we all want to know Who drove the car into the lake? That's the burning question.
Make bets in a burning house
(USA) If people are making bets in a burning house, they are engaged in futile activity while serious problems around them are getting worse.
keep the home fires burning|burning|fire|fires|hom
v. phr. To keep things going as usual while someone is away; wait at home to welcome someone back.
While John was in the army, Mary kept the home fires burning.
ears are burning, one's
ears are burning, one's Be disconcerted by what one hears, especially when one is being talked about. For example,
Were your ears burning? Jim was telling us about your exploits. Similarly,
make one's ears burn means “to embarrass,” as in
Mom's stories about us as babies make my ears burn. These expressions allude to one's ears turning red from blushing.
(one's) aerial are burning
One intuits that bodies were talking about them, admitting not witnessing it. Are you two talking about me? My aerial are burning.Learn more: burning, earsomeone's aerial are burning
addition is subconsciously acquainted of actuality talked about, abnormally in their absence. The superstition that your aerial creep back you are actuality talked about is recorded from the mid 16th century. Originally it was the larboard ear alone that was declared to do so.Learn more: burning, ear
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