scratch one 's head and stroke one 's ear
Scratching one's head and ears is a Chinese idiom, pronounced s ā ot ó uzhu ě R, which means scratching one's head and touching one's ears; it describes an anxious look.
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Scratch one's head and touch one's ears.
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In the 41st chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom appearance in the Qing Dynasty: "Wang Baichen knows that too. He's so anxious that he's on tenterhooks."
scratch one 's head and stroke one 's ear
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