It means offend the ears of the standing audience in the theatre - the lowest people It means offend the ears of the standing audience in the theatre - the lowest people
It means they are alert. listening. or paying attention. (if the ears are forward) If the ears are pointed back it can mean irritation or anger or fear.
if your ears are burning its suppost to mean someone was talking about you!! and if your palms itch its suppost to mean youre going to come into money...
ears .
To know or understand. It can mean split for words such as scissors, and even science which was knowlege split from the church
This is aggressive slang. Box your ears means to slap across the face. For example: 'Apologise now before I box your ears!'
The lower classes of observers stood in the theatre pit. They paid 1 penny as an entrance fee, and because they stood in the lowest area, were called groundlings. A less favorable name that they were called was Stinkards.
In Hamlet Act III Scene 2, Hamlet says "O! it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumbshows and noise." Hamlet did not have a very high opinion of the groundlings, but then, Hamlet is a snob.
The Groundlings was created in 1974.
The groundlings were the people who bought standing room tickets.
In Shakespeare's time - the groundlings
in Elizabethan theater, an audience member who was usually standing in the cheap section. commoners paid one penny for a seat in Elizabethan theater, an audience member who was usually standing in the cheap section. commoners paid one penny for a seat
groundlings are the ones not sitting in overhangs or balconies but on the floor Pit
groundlings are the ones not sitting in overhangs or balconies but on the floor Pit
Instant Comedy with the Groundlings - 1998 was released on: USA: 7 September 1998
Groundlings
Instant Comedy with the Groundlings - 1998 1-1 was released on: USA: 1998
Instant Comedy with the Groundlings - 1998 1-2 was released on: USA: 1998