split the ears

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They reacted with a fury that split the ears.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

He is of old standing, a veteran of the Church Epiphany plays, and has already learnt 'to split the ears of the groundlings' with the stentorian sound of his pompous rhetoric.

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold

Let him split the ears of the groundlings, let him out-Herod Herod,—the judicious might grieve, but all would be excitedly attentive.

From Selections From the Works of John Ruskin by Ruskin, John

Then the manager made a little speech and called, for three cheers for the proprietor, and they gave them with a fervor that nearly split the ears of the groundlings.

From As Seen By Me by Bell, Lilian

They do not attempt to "split the ears of the groundlings," and yet they are addressed to the commonest of the world's common people.

From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah