每日一分钟 | 'Ears are burning.'是谁在背后说我坏话？

今天的俚语是Ears are burning.，这个词是什么意思呢？今日份的English in a Minute告诉你答案！

ears-are-burning 来自英语挑战者 00:00 01:05

Welcome to English in a Minute.

Here's an example when two word used together can sound very painful.

（conversation）

A: Hey, I saw your friend Anna yesterday. She was telling me about your birthday party. And she said that it was the best party that she had been to all year.

B: Wow, that's why my ears were burning.

（end）

If people say 'my ears were burning,' it means someone was talking about them, but that they weren't there to hear it.

Imagine a message being sent to you when people are talking about you.

原来ears are burning就

和中文里的耳朵发热是一个意思呀！

This comes from Ancient Rome, when people believed 'burning ears' and other sensations signaled current or future events.

sensation n.感觉、知觉

signal v.预示

current adj.当前的、现在发生的

If it was in the right ear, the person was praised. The left ear meant evil may come.

右耳发热是表扬，左耳发热是要倒霉

And that's English in a Minute.

Ears are burning.

（感到某人议论，尤指说闲话而）

耳朵发热