are your ears burning

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are your ears burning

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  1. colloquial, idiomatic, rhetoric Asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion. Are your ears burning? We were just talking about you.

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phrase asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion

Español¿no te ardían las orejas?
한국어호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다 horang'ido je mal hamyeon onda
Portuguêsfalando do diabo
Françaisavez-vous les oreilles qui sifflent
Deutschwenn man vom Teufel spricht
Italianoti hanno fischiato le orecchie?
Русскийлёгок на поми́не ljógok na pomíne, у тебя́ у́ши не горят? u tebjá úši ne gorjat?

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"are your ears burning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/are%20your%20ears%20burning.

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@misc{are_your_ears_burning_2026,
  title = {are your ears burning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/are%20your%20ears%20burning},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}