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[ears burn]  {informal}

To feel embarrassment or shame at hearing others talk about you.

Joan overheard the girls criticizing her and it made her ears burn.

[earth]

See:

[COME BACK TO EARTH] or [COME DOWN TO EARTH],

[DOWN-TO-EARTH],

[IN THE WORLD] or [ON EARTH],

[MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH].

[ear to the ground]  {n. phr.},  {informal}

Attention directed to the way things are going, or seem likely to go, or to the way people feel and think.

* /The city manager kept an ear to the ground for a while before deciding to raise the city employees'  […]

[ease]

See:

[AT EASE] or [AT ONE'S EASE],

[ILL AT EASE].

[ease off] or [ease up]  {v.}

To make or become less nervous; relax; work easier.

When the boss realized that John had been overworking, he eased off his load.

With success and prosperity, Mr. Smith was able to ease off.

Compare: [LET UP] (3).

[easily]

See: [BREATHE EASILY] or [BREATHE FREELY].

[east]

See: [DOWN EAST].

[easy]

See:

[FREE AND EASY],

[GET OFF EASY],

[ON EASY STREET],

[TAKE IT EASY] or [GO EASY] or [TAKE THINGS EASY].

[easygoing]  {adj.}

Amiable in manner; relaxed; not excited.

[easy as pie]

See: [PIECE OF CAKE].