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Box your ears

Posted by ESC on November 29, 2000

In Reply to: Please explain box your ears posted by lynne on November 29, 2000

: what does the phrase to "box someones ears" mean

It means someone -- usually a parent -- uses both hands to smack a child (or other unlucky person) up side both sides of his/her head at the same time. Think cymbols clashing together with a head inbetween.

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