Metaphor
Walls have ears.
What does it mean?
Could you suggest other metaphors?
Top answer
It's "the walls have ears", not "walls have ears". You say it when you are telling someone a secret, and you have little confidence that it will stay a secret long, not because you don't trust the person you are telling the secret to but because the people involved actively try to find out what is going on, and you are warning your confidant about that so that he will be vigilant.
- It's "the walls have ears", not "walls have ears".
- You say it when you are telling someone a secret, and you have little confidence that it will stay a secret long, not because you don't trust the person you are telling the secret to but because the people involved actively try to find out what is going on, and you are warning your confidant about that so that he will be vigilant.
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It's "the walls have ears", not "walls have ears". You say it when you are telling someone a secret, and you have little confidence that it will stay a secret long, not because you don't trust the person you are telling the secret to but because the people involved actively try to find out what is going on, and you are warning your confidant about that so that he will be vigilant.
0Nh?t BìnhWalls have ears. What does it mean?
Be careful what you say as people may be eavesdropping.
— Oxford Dictionary
Nh?t BìnhCould you suggest other metaphors?
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