cute in a family way; the way Homer Simpson describes Lisa Simpson to her in "Lisa the Beauty Queen" in season 4 of the Simpsons, one of the sweetest shows ever. for a female to say about an unrelated male would be to call that guy completely queer. for a guy to say about an unrelated girl would be for the boy to call himself completely gay. for a male to call a related male cute as a bug's ear would be messed up.
daughter: i'm ugly
father: no you're cute as a bug's ear
daughter: dads have to say that
father: dad, am i cute as a bug's ear?
grandfather: no
father: no you're cute as a bug's ear
daughter: dads have to say that
father: dad, am i cute as a bug's ear?
grandfather: no
by Petra! August 30, 2005

When someone is rude to you, you give them a 'clip around the ear' (a hit or slap, not necessarily on the ear) to pull them into line.
by Polsy July 31, 2017

Person 1: Dawg turn around I see something in yo ear bruh
Person 2: *Turns around*
Person 1: Your ears are bleeding, your ears dirty as fuck
Person 2: *Turns around*
Person 1: Your ears are bleeding, your ears dirty as fuck
by Saan! July 23, 2022

"hey ladies have you seen the Blue Eared Elephant?"
"No"
"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiip..........."
"No"
"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiip..........."
by mr pimpernell September 25, 2014

by yuhbegavthhreaiht October 23, 2018

A little bug that has nested in your ear. But it's okay! This marvelous squishy wittle bebe is likely going to kill you! I mean, if you call a 90% chance "likely". The important thing is that you don't move. Like, at all. This will surely kill you. Settle into your bed and stay there for the rest of your life, and consider yourself lucky! You are hosting one of the most amazing things! And maybe one day, when your 80, your ear hole friend will crawl out after finishing off the last bit of your internal organs. Of course by then you'd be dead.
Jeremy: Sorry, I can't come to dinner in the forest tonight. I got me an ear hole friend.
Freddy Boi: Oh my chili fries your so lucky! Santa forgot to get me one for Christmas :(
Freddy Boi: Oh my chili fries your so lucky! Santa forgot to get me one for Christmas :(
by I Animate June 18, 2021

To have one’s ears pinned back means to be severely scolded or to be bested in an athletic contest, soundly. The idiom have one’s ears pinned back is an American phrase that came into use in the mid-1800s. Its origin is uncertain. Some say it is derived from the sport of wrestling and some say it is somehow linked to the emotional state of an animal with its ears pinned back, though both of these explanations seem rather dubious. It may be more likely that the phrase have one’s ears pinned back is related to some sort of physical punishment that has gone out of common use. Related terms are has one’s ears pinned back, had one’s ears pinned back and having one’s ears pinned back.
pinning their ears back "He's about to have his ears pinned back" Paul Drake, to Perry Mason from the TV series "Perry Mason"
by NTBC March 4, 2020
