tin ear

1. an inability to appreciate music

2. a person who does not appreciate music or has poor taste in music

My cousin had a major case of tin ear as a kid.

by The Return of Light Joker May 6, 2010

Tin ear

A person with a tin ear is a hearing person who is accustomed to the sound of a deaf person's voice, and is better at understanding deaf people speak than most other hearing people.

Her brother is deaf and has speech, so she has a tin ear.

by JJKSW February 26, 2010

talk a tin ear off a brass monkey

To talk incessantly. A colloquialism. Origin. Gert Godfrey or likely one of her ancestors.

Adrian could talk a tin ear off a brass monkey

by James B. Beam May 27, 2023