He lay back on the cold ground and pulled the blankets about his ears.

One word and he could bring all that structure tumbling down about their ears.

But there wasn't time to think about his stupid ears.

If I make the wrong move, everything could still fall about my ears.

The world doesn't crash about her ears if I get drunk.

He'll be likely to bring the police about your ears.

"But if we do that we'll have the whole world about our ears!"

It is you who brought the police about our ears.

You will bring the whole place crashing about my ears.

And what was it about the man's ears that you remember so well?