ear to the streets
Having your ear to the streets means you’re the kind of person who listens to gossip like it’s the only thing keeping you alive.
I heard the bakery’s gonna shut down because the owner’s been stealing from the customers.
The cop shop’s got a new guy, and he’s already got a nickname: ‘Bum Face.’
The whole block knows the mayor’s son is doing drugs in the alley behind the diner.