burn someone's ears

burn someone's ears (third-person singular simple present burns someone's ears, present participle burning someone's ears, simple past and past participle burned someone's ears or burnt someone's ears)

1. (idiomatic) To cause blushing of someone's ears due to strong embarrassment.

• ears are burning

• “burn someone's ears”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.