flea in (someone's) ear
резкое замечание, раздражающий ответ, отпор
Our boss sent the manager away with a flea in his ear about changing the schedule.
Другие идиомы:
- get an earful
- in one ear and out the other
- bend (someone's) ear
- play it by ear
- have one's ear to the ground
- listen to (someone) with half an ear
- put a bug in (someone's) ear
- ears become red
- all ears
- talk (someone's) ear off
- smile from ear to ear
- keep an ear out for (something)
- Walls have ears
- assault the ears
- have nothing between the ears