split the ears
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They reacted with a fury that split the ears.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025
It was the liveliest possible spectacle of organized confusion, and the accompanying noise was calculated to split the ears of the groundlings.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
It is written to split the ears of the groundlings, or rather to astonish and confuse them, for the Chopin dynamics in the early music are never very rude.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
He was a practical politician before he "took the stump" against Christianity, and at all times he has proved his capacity to "split the ears of the groundlings," and make the unskillful laugh.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
The orchestra, we fear, must have rather "split the ears of the groundlings."
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
