Ear To The Ground

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1. What does an ear to the ground mean?
2. When you keep your ear to the ground?
3. What does ear to the rail mean?

What does an ear to the ground mean?

to pay attention to everything that is happening around you and to what people are saying. Paying attention and being careful. attention span. attentiveness.

When you keep your ear to the ground?

Keep an ear to the ground means to pay attention to circumstances that are approaching, to be aware of what is going on around you, particularly current events, trends or gossip. Someone who keeps an ear to the ground is in the know, and well informed.

What does ear to the rail mean?

During the early days of railroading, people would put their ear to the railroad track and actually hear the train rumbling along the tracks long before it was in sight.