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こみみにはさむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to happen to hear; to overhear
Alt. forms
小こ耳みみに挟はさむ
77%
小こ耳みみにはさむ
22%
こみみにはさむ
Conjugations...
Composed of
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to happen to hear; to overhear
Composed of
overhear; happened to hear that
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)