split the ears

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They reacted with a fury that split the ears.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

The orchestra, we fear, must have rather "split the ears of the groundlings."

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

It is written to split the ears of the groundlings, or rather to astonish and confuse them, for the Chopin dynamics in the early music are never very rude.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James

It was the liveliest possible spectacle of organized confusion, and the accompanying noise was calculated to split the ears of the groundlings.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

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