Overabundant, more than can be managed, as in We miscalculated--new orders are coming out of our ears. [Slang; mid-1900s] Also see
embarrassment of riches.
| Idioms: coming out of one's ears |
Overabundant, more than can be managed, as in We miscalculated--new orders are coming out of our ears. [Slang; mid-1900s] Also see
embarrassment of riches.
| coming (Idiom) | |
| ear (Idiom) |
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