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Ann225 Posted 10 years ago
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Do you use 'bend someone's ear' when you're talking to someone for too long and it's quite likely that you're annoying that person?
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For me, it does not have strong connotations of "too long" and "annoying". Opinions on this seem to vary. While Wiktionary says "To bore; to talk too long", Oxford Dictionaries says "Talk to someone, especially with great eagerness or in order to ask a favor".
- For me, it does not have strong connotations of "too long" and "annoying".
- Opinions on this seem to vary.
- While Wiktionary says "To bore; to talk too long", Oxford Dictionaries says "Talk to someone, especially with great eagerness or in order to ask a favor".
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For me, it does not have strong connotations of "too long" and "annoying". Opinions on this seem to vary. While Wiktionary says "To bore; to talk too long", Oxford Dictionaries says "Talk to someone, especially with great eagerness or in order to ask a favor".
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GPYOxford Dictionaries says "Talk to someone, especially with great eagerness or in order to ask a favor".I use it in that sense.
GPYQuoteFor me, it does not have strong connotations of "too long" and "annoying".I understand when it appears to be used in that sense.
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