bend one’s ear vs blather

bend one’s ear

blather

verb
  • To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way. 

  • To talk rapidly without making much sense. 

noun
  • Nonsensical or foolish talk. 

How often have the words bend one’s ear and blather occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )