- English translation
Keep buzzing, my ear, because there's fresh news every hour.
- Literal wording
O ear, ring! Every hour, a piece of news.
- Meaning and lesson
The speaker turns to their own ear, called by a colloquial word, and tells it to keep ringing or buzzing, since every passing hour delivers another report. The image is of sound filling hearing until it hums continuously, not of ordinary listening.
The line is applied when unusual or startling tidings multiply, each one arriving close behind the last. It expresses amazement at how much strange news is circulating, not a general remark about gossip or about one particular rumor.
- When it is used
The saying fits moments when strange or surprising reports keep multiplying in quick succession. It is voiced as an exclamation addressed to one's own ear, conveying astonishment at the sheer volume of odd news rather than commenting on any single report.
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