初はつ耳みみ

noun

first time hearing; news to me

Used when hearing something for the first time, often with a nuance of surprise or novelty. Common in the phrase 初耳だ (That's news to me).

• その話はなしは初はつ耳みみだ。

  That's the first I've heard of it.

• 彼かれが結けっ婚こんしたなんて初はつ耳みみです。

  I had no idea he got married; that's news to me.