believe one's ears

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believe one's ears (third-person singular simple present believes one's ears, present participle believing one's ears, simple past and past participle believed one's ears)

1. (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To believe that something which one hears is truly the case.

• Usually used in the negative form, such as with cannot, hardly, and scarcely.

• believe one's eyes