put a bug in someone's ear

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)Tomakeasmallsuggestionorgiveahintthatcausesthelistenertoact.2005, Gärard Genette,Essays in Aesthetics, page13:All in all, the preparation of Seuils hadput a nasty bug in my earthat was to bear all its fruit only ten years later—if bugs can bear fruit—and not without intermediate phases.2012, John Franceschina,Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire, page33:Ginger Rogers had definitelyput a bug in Pan's earabout the movies for, after he was fired from Top Speed, Hermes decided to try his luck earning a living on the West Coast.2014, Laura Childs,Scorched Eggs:You've beenputting a nasty bug in Sheriff Doogie's ear, haven't you? Or maybe heput a bug in your ear. I understand the two of you are thick as thieves.2014, Charles Lachman,Footsteps in the Snow, page246:He was so insistent on this point that a friend she mentioned it toput a bug in her ear. Why not head home without calling, just to see what was really going on.

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