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About [lend me your ears]

Hi,

Why does it stand for giving your ears into me?

And could you tell me the process of forming of the meaning?

Thank you for your assistance.
  

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Hi, I just see it as a figurative use of the word 'lend', meaning 'let me have the use of your ears', ie listen! I wouldn't be surprised if Shakespeare was the one who first used this phrase. He certainly made it famous.

— Clive

  • Hi, I just see it as a figurative use of the word 'lend', meaning 'let me have the use of your ears', ie listen!
  • I wouldn't be surprised if Shakespeare was the one who first used this phrase.
  • He certainly made it famous.
  • Today, it has become a fixed expression, often in the form of 'lend an ear'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I just see it as a figurative use of the word 'lend', meaning 'let me have the use of your ears', ie listen!

I wouldn't be surprised if Shakespeare was the one who first used this phrase. He certainly made it famous.

Today, it has b
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