[Italian Lesson] Your ears must have been burning.

Ti devono fischiare le orecchie.

“Rachel ha appena fissato la data per il matrimonio, è in giugno in Sicilia. - Rachel just set a date for her wedding, it’s in June in Sicily.

“Wow, Sicilia, che bello! - Wow, Sicily, how beautiful!

“Guarda, Rachel mi ha appena scritto. - Look, Rachel just wrote me. 

“Ahah, le fischiano le orecchie! - Haha, her ears are burning!”

The last line of this dialogue contains a modo di dire that I love and use all of the time in English.

Sentirsi fischiare le orecchie - To feel one’s ears burn

Fischiare literally means to whistle, but it’s understood as “burning” if compared to the English idiom.

Here are a few examples:

• Mi fischiavano le orecchie. - My ears are burning.

• Ti dovevano fischiare le orecchie. - Your ears must have been burning.

• Gli fischiavano le orecchie. - His ears are burning. 

Have questions about these phrases? Hit reply!

Un caro saluto,

Cher

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