Earful : 한바탕 꾸중, 한바탕 잔소리, (가십거리/풍문에 대한) 이야기, 말이 많음
Give someone an Earful : 누군가를 크게 혼내다, 잔소리를 엄청 하다
Get an Earful : 잔뜩 잔소리를 듣다
1)
to get an earful, this is talking about complaininf angrily
when your mum see what you've done to your new clothes, you are gonna get an earful from her, she is going to be really angry with you
I hadn't done my homework, I got an earful
most commonly used in this way, when somebody is angry with me
you will get an earful from your parents when they discover you failed your exams
I came home rather drunk last night and my wife gave me a real earful
somebody rebuke you
an earful of angry comments
a scolding
a lengthy severe scolding
to give somebody and earful, to complain to them
an excessive amount of scolding, telling off you did that really really badly
2)
you can also use this get an earful, if somebody talk exceesively about something
when we had lunch with my aunt on Sunday, we got an earful about all her medical problems
she talked and talked and talked about it
just a lot of information
I asked the salesman a question about the product, he gave me an earful of information
3)
I guess also you could get an earful of gssip, particularly scandalous or intimate gossip
when I went to talk to my elderly neighbor, she gave me an earful of what was going on in the next house down, there were all sorts of scandalous things going on
somebody talks you on and on, particularly a lot of gossip about something
4)
while we are on the word, I guess you can get an eyeful as well
I came out of the bath and there was a dog doing something disgusting in my garden and so I ran out holding this towel around me but the towel fell off and the neigbors got an eyeful, an outpouring of naked me
but that one is more humorous
when she bent down toward me, I got an eyeful
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