music to someone's ears
/ˈmjuzɪk tə ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɪɚz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; specifically, some good news, or welcome information or remarks.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…] Sweete Princesse of my life (said he) what Trophees, what Triumph, what Monuments, what Historis may ever make my fame yeeld so sweete a Musicke to my eares, […]"
- "The time vvas once, vvhen thou vn-vrg'd vvouldſt vovv, / That neuer vvords vvere muſicke to thine eare, / That neuer obiect pleaſing in thine eye, / That neuer touch vvell vvelcome to thy hand, / That neuer meat ſvveet-ſauour'd in thy taſte, / Vnleſſe I ſpake, or look'd, or touch'd, or caru'd to thee."
- "[T]he hearing of ſuch conjugal faithfulneſs, vvill be Muſick to all chaſte ears […]"
- "[T]he earnestness and passion with which the young man uttered his feelings, made music to her ears: […]"
- "People who had an ax to grind, or people who for any reason wanted to get on the soft side of him, called him The Christian—a phrase whose delicate flattery was music to his ears, and whose capital T was such an enchanting and vivid object to him that he could see it when it fell out of a person's mouth even in the dark."
- "And he led the way from the station, stopping once to gloat over the sunset across Trafalgar Square, and again to inhale the tarry scent of the warm wood-paving, which was perfume to his nostrils as the din of its traffic was music to his ears, before we came to one of those political palaces which permit themselves to be included in the list of ordinary clubs."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmjuzɪk tə ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɪɚz/
- British English: /ˈmjuːzɪk tə ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɪəz/