bend someone's ear

idiom

informal
: to talk to someone for a long time
He didn't really care about me, he just wanted to bend my ear about his own problems.

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“Bend someone's ear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bend%20someone%27s%20ear. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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