are your ears burning

English

Pronunciation

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Phrase

are your ears burning

1. (idiomatic, colloquial, rhetorical question) Asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion.

   Are your ears burning? We were just talking about you.

Translations

asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion

• Catalan: no et xiulaven les orelles?
• Danish: når man taler om solen
• Finnish: puhuimme juuri sinusta
• French: avez-vous les oreilles qui sifflent ?
• German: wenn man vom Teufel spricht (de)
• Hungarian: nem csuklottál?
• Italian: ti hanno fischiato le orecchie?
• Korean: 호랑이도 제말하면 온다 (horang'ido jemalhamyeon onda) (the tiger comes after the speech about him)
• Portuguese: falando do diabo
• Russian: лёгок на поми́не (ljógok na pomíne) (easy on the mention), у тебя́ у́ши не горят? (u tebjá úši ne gorjat?)
• Spanish: ¿no te ardían las orejas?
• Swedish: när man talar om trollen (sv) (when one speaks about the trolls)
• Turkish: kulakların çınlıyor mu? (are your ears ringing?)

See also

• ears are burning
• speak of the devil