bring\ down\ around\ one's\ ears

bring\ down\ around\ one's\ ears
• about one's ears
• around one's ears
• bring down about one's ears
• bring down around one's ears
• pull down about one's ears
• pull down around one's ears
adv. phr.
To or into complete collapse, defeat, or ruin; to the destruction of a person's plans, hopes, or happiness.

They planned to have factories all over the world but the war brought their plans down about their ears.

John hoped to go to college and become a great scientist some day, but when his father died he had to get a job, and John's dreams came crashing around his ears.

Compare: on one's head

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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