Lend me your ear is a polite way of asking for a person's full attention to listen to what you will say. Example: "Could you lend me your ear for a minute? I need to talk with you about something."

You say lend me your ear when you want to speak directly to people about things that are important. William Shakespeare used lend me your ear in the play Julius Caesar when Mark Antony says: "Friends, Romans, countrymen; lend me your ear."

Lend me your ear requests a closeness between the speaker and the listener that allows them to think together. Example: "This is really important. All I ask is that you lend me your ear."