bug in one's ear

bug in one's ear
{n. phr.}, {informal} A hint; secret information given to someone to make him act; idea. * /I saw Mary at the jeweler's admiring the diamond pin; I'll put a bug in Henry's ear./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • bug in one's ear — {n. phr.}, {informal} A hint; secret information given to someone to make him act; idea. * /I saw Mary at the jeweler s admiring the diamond pin; I ll put a bug in Henry s ear./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bug\ in\ one's\ ear — n. phr. informal A hint; secret information given to someone to make him act; idea. I saw Mary at the jeweler s admiring the diamond pin; I ll put a bug in Henry s ear …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put\ a\ bug\ in\ one's\ ear — • put a bug in one s ear • put a flea in one s ear See: bug in one s ear …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put a bug in one's ear — or[put a flea in one s ear] See: BUG IN ONE S EAR …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put a bug in one's ear — or[put a flea in one s ear] See: BUG IN ONE S EAR …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put\ a\ flea\ in\ one's\ ear — • put a bug in one s ear • put a flea in one s ear See: bug in one s ear …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put a bug in one's ear — deceive, arouse suspicion …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bug — bug1 /bug/, n., v., bugged, bugging. n. 1. Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect. 2. (loosely) any insect or insectlike invertebrate. 3. Informal. any microorganism, esp. a virus: He was laid up for a week by an… …   Universalium

  • bug — Synonyms and related words: ALGOL, COBOL, FORTRAN, Mumbo Jumbo, abrade, addict, addle, addle the wits, adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, aficionado, aggravate, agitate, alphabetic data, alphanumeric code, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Bed bug — Cimex lectularius Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

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