It could have originally been “donkey’s ears” It sounds odd, but actually makes way more sense ― the original saying could have been “donkey’s ears.” None other than Susie Dent ...

When Lee Kyung-kyu was in danger of losing his job, he showed his side as the godfather of entertainment. On the KBS9 show ...

In it the donkey—ears back, hind legs poised to deliver a vicious blow⁠—is labelled “COPPERHEAD PAPERS”, a reference to the newspapers sympathetic to a faction of anti-war Democrats ...