📚 proverb • entry_id 50002
little pitchers have big ears
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hay orejas chiquitas
Small children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.
A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.
Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."
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