a person thinks that other people are talking about them, especially in an unkind way :
'I bumped into your ex-wife last night.' 'I thought I could feel my ears burning!'
a person thinks that other people are talking about them, especially in an unkind way :
'I bumped into your ex-wife last night.' 'I thought I could feel my ears burning!'
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005