They've borrowed so much money that they're up to their ears in debt.

他们借了这么多的钱以致债台高筑。

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With the other they clasped a mobile phone to their ears. They were calling God directly.

每一位青少年都祈求般地把一只手伸向天空，另一只手拿着手机放在耳朵边上，他们在与上帝直接对话。

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Most children have probably wondered at the noise of roaring ocean waves magically captured inside seashells held up to their ears.

大多数的孩子对从握在耳畔的贝壳里能听到神奇的海浪澎湃声啧啧称奇。

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People can also cause a blockage when they try to clean out their ears, but only push the wax deeper inside.

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For Mintz, a 39-year-old accountant and former chief executive of a cooperage (wine-barrel-making business) and Twelftree, 38, with a background in construction and small-scale wine exporting, the change is music to their ears.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Mr Cantor had already rejected Mr Boehner's secretive attempt to negotiate what could have been an historic bargain with Mr Obama embracing a higher tax take (anathema to Republicans) as well as vast reductions in entitlement spending (music to their ears).

ECONOMIST: Lexington

When someone rolls their eyes at us, they are not likely to open their ears to us.

WSJ: RNC Issues Scathing Analysis of GOP