See between the ears in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "To scratch a cat between the ears."
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"(literally) On the head."
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"word": "korvien välissä"
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"text": "Tinnitus feels like a ringing between the ears."
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"text": "Age is between the ears."
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"text": "The best sex organ sits between the ears."
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"ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VI",
"text": "If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.",
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"In the brain or in the mind."
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"(informal) In the brain or in the mind."
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"word": "korvien välissä"
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