can somebody share with me their knowledge?
How to call in the best way the action of puting fingers in one's ears in order not to hear sth or sb.
I know there is "to plug one's ears" but I also have seen a sentence like this
" I was cupping my hands over my ears" which sounds a bit artificial to me.
Maybe, there is yet different way of saying this ?
Best Answer
A sudden, extremely loud noise, will usually elicit the reflex of raising the entire hand(s) to cover one's ears. After this initial reflex - if the noise continues - the fingers may be used more precisely to fill the various gaps.
The action of inserting the fingers directly into the ear canal requires a slower, more calculated movement - due to the risk of missing the target. It is usually done for emphasis, for example: to insult someone - and is usually referred to as "sticking one's fingers in one's ears."