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Itching Ears (To have)

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To have a longing desire to hear news, or some novelty.

“The time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but having itching ears, will beap to themselves teachers after their own lusts [or longings].”—2 Timothy iv. 3 (R. V.).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Italian Architecture
Italian of Asia (The)
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Itching Ears (To have)
Itching Palm (An)
Itching of the Eye
Itching of the Lips
Itching of the Nose
Itching of the Thumb
Ithacensian Suitors (The)
Ithuriel
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Itinerary (An)
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