coming out of someone's ears

English

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Verb

coming out of someone's ears

1. (informal) Occurring or proliferating in great or excess quantity.

   If you plant sixteen tomato plants, you will have tomatoes coming out of your ears by July!

   There will be tomatoes coming out of your ears.

   You'll get tomatoes coming out of your ears.

Usage notes

• Other verb forms of "come" in the phrase "come out of one's ears" are uncommon.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: salirle por las orejas

Further reading

• “have something coming out of your ears” (US) / “have something coming out of your ears” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “have sth coming out of your ears”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.