music to one's ears
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Though I wouldn’t go so far as to say that “When Winter Robeson Came” is pure music to one’s ears, it’s absolutely worth listening to — a highly relatable and at times poetic piece of writing and American history with a fresh depiction of lower- to upper-middle-class Black life in midcentury Los Angeles.
From New York Times
And for a news organization like the F.T. right now, that’s music to one’s ears, frankly.”
From The New Yorker
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