Meaning of little pitchers have big ears | Babel Free

Definitions

Small children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.

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Examples

“Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."”

“A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.”

“[N]o kid ever ran to his mother and said that his little sister just defecated in the tub. I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).”

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