Current Word of the day
June 15, 2026
Play it by Ear
Play it by ear is an idiom that means “do something without planning it out beforehand.” The first recorded use of the phrase was in John Playford’s 1658 handbook A Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick: “To learn to play by rote or ear without book.” This idea of playing music by listening to […]
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