buy with one's ears en · VERB
Meanings
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(colloquial) To buy works of art based on reputation and expected future gains rather than aesthetic or artistic value.
Foreign buyers entering the western art market are also buying artists with their ears rather than their eyes, and overpaying if others have.
2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buys with one's ears | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bought with one's ears | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bought with one's ears | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| buying with one's ears | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |