flea in the ear

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This, of course, brought us up, and we had only to "ease larboard oars; pull round starboard!" and go aboard the Alert, with something very like a flea in the ear.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

With which vigorous "flea in the ear," General Willoughby dismissed his startled comrade to the society of his crafty old host.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

This, of course, brought us up, and we had only to ``ease larboard oars, pull round starboard!'' and go aboard the Alert, with something very like a flea in the ear.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry