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

Let him split the ears of the groundlings, let him out-Herod Herod,—the judicious might grieve, but all would be excitedly attentive.

From Selections From the Works of John Ruskin by Ruskin, John

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

Let us go and hold high carnival for a week, and split the ears of the groundlings with our "contemptible squeals of joy."

From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by Burroughs, John