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[about one's
ears] or [around one's ears] {adv. phr.} To or into complete collapse, defeat, or
ruin; to the destruction of a person's plans, hopes, or happiness.
They
planned to have factories all over the world but the war brought their plans down
about their ears.
John hoped to go to college and become a great scientist
some day, but when his father died he had to get a job, and John's dreams
came crashing around his ears.
Compare: ON ONE'S
HEAD.
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