英语词汇“the walls have ears”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

the walls have ears

Someone might be eavesdropping. Let's talk in my office—out here, the walls have ears.

Walls have ears.

Prov. Someone may be listening. (A warning that you think your conversation is being overheard.) Jill: Did I tell you what I found out about Fred? He—Jane: Shhh! Walls have ears. Don't say anything about our business dealings in here. Walls have ears.

walls have ears, the

The conversation is easily overheard, someone is listening, as in Be careful what you say; the walls have ears. This saying may come from a story about Dionysius of Syracuse (430-367 b.c.), who had an ear-shaped cave cut and connected between the rooms of his palace so that he could hear what was being said from another room. Similar listening posts were installed in other palaces over the centuries, including the Louvre in Paris. In English the phrase was first recorded in its present form in 1620.

walls have ears

You say walls have ears in order to warn someone that they should be careful about what they are saying because people might be listening. Take care and watch what you say. The walls have ears.

walls have ears

used to warn someone to be careful what they say as people may be eavesdropping. proverb

ˌwalls have ˈears

(saying) somebody may be listening, so be careful what you say: You’d better keep your voice down. Walls have ears, you know.

walls have ears

tv. Someone may be listening. (Sometimes with the.) The walls have ears, so be careful about what you say.

walls have ears, the

Your secret will be overheard. This warning allegedly refers to a story about Dionysius, the Greek tyrant of Syracuse (430–367 b.c.). He had an ear-shaped cave cut into a rock and so connected between palace rooms that he could hear what his prisoners said from another room. In the course of history, other palaces, including the Louvre in Paris and Hastings Castle in England, were said to have such listening posts. An early appearance of the term in print occurred in James Shirley’s play The Bird in a Cage (1633, 1.1): “Take heed what you say. Walls have ears.”

词汇	the walls have ears
释义	the walls have ears Someone might be eavesdropping. Let's talk in my office—out here, the walls have ears. Walls have ears. Prov. Someone may be listening. (A warning that you think your conversation is being overheard.) Jill: Did I tell you what I found out about Fred? He—Jane: Shhh! Walls have ears. Don't say anything about our business dealings in here. Walls have ears. walls have ears, the The conversation is easily overheard, someone is listening, as in Be careful what you say; the walls have ears. This saying may come from a story about Dionysius of Syracuse (430-367 b.c.), who had an ear-shaped cave cut and connected between the rooms of his palace so that he could hear what was being said from another room. Similar listening posts were installed in other palaces over the centuries, including the Louvre in Paris. In English the phrase was first recorded in its present form in 1620. walls have ears You say walls have ears in order to warn someone that they should be careful about what they are saying because people might be listening. Take care and watch what you say. The walls have ears. walls have ears used to warn someone to be careful what they say as people may be eavesdropping. proverb ˌwalls have ˈears (saying) somebody may be listening, so be careful what you say: You’d better keep your voice down. Walls have ears, you know. walls have ears tv. Someone may be listening. (Sometimes with the.) The walls have ears, so be careful about what you say. walls have ears, the Your secret will be overheard. This warning allegedly refers to a story about Dionysius, the Greek tyrant of Syracuse (430–367 b.c.). He had an ear-shaped cave cut into a rock and so connected between palace rooms that he could hear what his prisoners said from another room. In the course of history, other palaces, including the Louvre in Paris and Hastings Castle in England, were said to have such listening posts. An early appearance of the term in print occurred in James Shirley’s play The Bird in a Cage (1633, 1.1): “Take heed what you say. Walls have ears.”
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