Examples of 'tin ear' in a sentence
Meaning of "tin ear"
tin ear: This idiom is used to describe a lack of ability to hear or appreciate music or musical tones properly. In a figurative sense, it can also refer to a person's insensitivity to or inability to recognize subtleties in communication or expression
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- Insensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language.
- Insensitivity to the nuances of the current situation or the subtleties of a craft; indifference to somebody else's attitudes, moods, and dialogue.
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tin ear
A tin ear to the human condition.
The sarge has a tin ear.
I got a tin ear for music.
The internet has a tin ear.
We have a tin ear for languages.
Bertie had a tin ear.
This guy 's got a tin ear and no appreciation for outlaw radio.
He had a complete tin ear.
I have a tin ear myself.
Or a sign of a deeply tin ear.
One of our senior partners has a tin ear for languages, which leaves him handicapped.
It does not have a tin ear.
Be cool, man. This guy's got a tin ear and no appreciation for outlaw radio.
You would think one of us would have been born without a tin ear.
Samuelson had an amazingly tin ear about communism.
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What is catatonia heck, that's just a feline with a tin ear.
Has a tin ear.
Well, at least she did not get your tin ear.
With that silly little tin ear trumpet, you know?
I'm going to cut his throat. You have a tin ear.
You know, you have a tin ear too . You can not even carry a tune.
Music to my tin ear.
Unfortunately, this tin ear for global affairs sometimes afflicts U.S. leaders and media, too.
You got a tin ear.
That was really good . Well, at least she did not get your tin ear.
Oh . I have a tin ear myself.
You have lead fingers . Mulligan, not only do you have a tin ear.
How did you get together with tin-eared charlie? Oh, he's not such a tin ear.
Finney, you got a tin ear.
That 's all I wanted to hear . Music to my tin ear.
You know, you have a tin ear too.
No, Jessica, I am just a talent broker with a tin ear.
I can not . I got a tin ear.
Not that I gave a shit - - I got a tin ear.
