ear to the streets
Sticking your ear to the streets means you're a gossip-hungry rat who lives in the dirt and eats the secrets of the neighborhood for breakfast.
I heard the bakery’s gonna shut down because the owner got caught stealing from the dough.
The cop shop’s got a new guy, and he’s already got a nickname: ‘Fart Face.’
The whole block knows the mayor’s son is doing drugs in the alley behind the diner.