/ · 1894 Brewer’s · I · Itching Ears (To have)
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To have a longing desire to hear news, or some novelty.
“The time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but having itching ears, will beap to themselves teachers after their own lusts [or longings].”—2 Timothy iv. 3 (R. V.).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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