put a bug in someone's ear

Verb

To make a small suggestion or give a hint that causes the listener to act.

Japanese Meaning

誰かにこっそりと提案や示唆を与え、行動を促すこと / ひそかに、ほのめかして意見やアイデアを提供すること

What is this buttons?

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議の前に、彼は新しいマーケティング案を誰かにそっとほのめかして、その人に話題にしてもらおうとした。

Details

Sense（1）

To make a small suggestion or give a hint that causes the listener to act.

All in all, the preparation of Seuils had put a nasty bug in my ear that was to bear all its fruit only ten years later—if bugs can bear fruit—and not without intermediate phases.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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puts a bug in someone's ear

（ present singular third-person ）

putting a bug in someone's ear

（ participle present ）

put a bug in someone's ear

（ participle past ）

put a bug in someone's ear

（ past ）

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