- 1. have the wolf by the ear (third-person singular simple present has the wolf by the ear, present participle having the wolf by the ear, simple past and past participle had the wolf by the ear) (idiomatic) To be in a difficult situation – a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain. Source: ecdict
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earwolfcannotparticiplepastpresentsimplesituationdangerousdifficultdisengageidiomaticremainsafelysingular
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