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music to one's ears

music to one's ears {n. phr.}

Something one likes to hear.

When the manager phoned to say I got the job, it was music to my ears.

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[ear] See: [ABOUT ONE'S EARS] or [AROUND ONE'S EARS], [BELIEVE ONE'S EARS], [DRY BEHIND THE EARS], [FLEA IN ONE'S EAR], [GIVE AN EAR TO] or [LEND AN EAR TO], [GO […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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