play by ear

Meaning

1. play (sth) by ear

   to play music by remembering how it sounds rather than by reading it

In the movies · 2

• I was gonna play it by ear.Lucky Number Slevin2006
• We're just playing it by ear and trying to keep her comfortable.The Descendants2011

From the same entry

• be all ears
• be out on your ear
• be up to your ears in
• comes to ears
• ears are burning
• ears are flapping
• go in one ear and out the other
• have coming out of your ears
• have ear
• keep your ear to the ground
• play it by ear
• shut your ears to