word in the ear
Example Sentences
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Ben Stokes, the hero of the 2019 final but absent through injury here, could only offer Buttler a word in the ear during a drinks break as the match slipped away.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023
Sigurdsson paused, puffed out his cheeks slightly and had a word in the ear of his team-mate and captain, Aron Gunnarsson.
From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2017
A word in the ear of Saudi Arabia's new King Salman from Obama would carry real weight.
From US News • Feb. 4, 2015
Sadly, that excellent performance was overshadowed by chairman John Boyle's post-match word in the ear of Craig Brown, which saw the septuagenarian Dons boss break into Chuck Norris mode.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2011
A word in the ear of Parson Wibird Hawkins, or the Hon. Jedd Deane, or any of the scores of kind-hearted townsfolk, would have changed the situation.
From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
