give a thick ear

Meaning

1. give sb / get a thick ear

   to hit sb / be hit on the head as a punishment

From the same entry

• thick as thieves
• thick as two short planks
• a thick head
• your thick head
• a thick skin
• blood is thicker than water
• thick on the ground
• in the thick of
• through thick and thin
• lay it on thick
• thick and fast