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keep your ear to the ground
idiom
(alsohave your ear to the ground, keep an ear to the ground, have an ear to the ground)
to pay attention to everything that is happening around you and to what people are saying: 耳听八方；注意周围情况；保持关注
He kept his ear to the ground and spent a lot of time in his office after hours.
A good leader has their ear to the ground and knows when people are not happy.
Keep an ear to the ground for what other people have discovered.
It's important to have an ear to the ground to monitor how policies are working.
They are keeping their eyes open and their ears to the ground.
Everyone with an ear to the ground had heard the news long before it was officially announced.
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