What does it mean to have Midas ears?
The term comes from the story of the King of Midas who had long ears, he usually covered his ears so no one would discover that their king had long ears like a donkey. His barber was the only one who knew his secret and the king made the barber promise that he would never tell anyone about the king’s secret. Eventually the secret became too much for the barber to handle, one day he left the palace, dug a hole in the ground, and shout the secret loudly inside the hole, then he covered the hole and left. After some time a plant grew in the same place where he had dug the hole, the plant’s leaves grew and shouted the secret to all the by-passers until everyone knew that their king actually had long ears like a donkey.
