between the ears
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Literally On the head.
- To scratch a cat between the ears.
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Figuratively Inside the head.
- Tinnitus feels like a ringing between the ears.
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Informal In the brain or in the mind.
- Age is between the ears.
- The best sex organ sits between the ears.
1 more example
- If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VI:
- Derived terms
- have cotton between the ears, have nothing between the ears