"I know I've been in public life for 20 years and the state has yet to fall down around my ears."

Until I can go to sleep without the north coming down around my ears.

It seemed as if the entire world was coming down around my ears!

He pulled it up around his ears, then turned away from me.

She was probably about to bring the world crashing down around his ears.

Though he was just forty, white hair already showed around his ears.

Would going out with someone who was just a guy really bring the world crashing down around my ears?

Time to move on, maybe, to search for some answers before the whole thing comes down around my ears.

"They are if you burn this house down around our ears."

The house above us is blasted down around our ears.