Meaning of by the ears | Babel Free

Definitions

In a state of conflict; fighting, scuffling.

Examples

“they heard Cursell confesse what had formerly passed; and that how in the dividing that they had stolne from him, they fell by the ears amongst themselves, that were actors in it […]”

“For, if (ſaid he) you throw⟳ among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall⟳ together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have⟳ all to itſelf; […]”

“In spite of the recent falls in the value of the Nasdaq index and the value of Amazon stock⟳, the new technology had the city by the ears: the talk⟳ was still of start-ups, IPOs, interactivity, the unimaginable future that had just begun to begin⟳.”

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