耳みみに付つく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

catch one's attention; be grating on the ear

Used when a sound or phrase keeps drawing attention, often with a negative nuance of being irritating or hard to ignore. Can also be neutral when something simply stands out aurally.

• 隣となりの部屋へやの話はなし声ごえが耳みみに付ついて、集しゅう中ちゅうできない。

  The voices from the next room keep catching my ear and I can't concentrate.

• 彼かれの独どく特とくの言いい回まわしが耳みみに付つく。

  His peculiar phrasing sticks in my ear.