take the wax out of one's ears
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
43
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
1
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Again, you see, they had not listened to me (how I wanted to take the wax out of their ears!), they did not wish to be turned from their pre-conceived notions."
- "I shall give it to them, and I ask the member for Horowhenua to take the wax out of her ears and sit and listen."
- "It was that party that got us into the mess that we are in today. Maybe my friend should take the wax out of his ears and start listening to what Canada is all about."
Usage
Inflected Forms
takes the wax out of one's ears (present, singular)
taking the wax out of one's ears (participle, present)
took the wax out of one's ears (past)
taken the wax out of one's ears (participle, past)