I have always heard it "to chew someone's ear off", which means to talk and talk and talk...! The idea is that one person is talking non-stop, and the unfortunate one who's ear is being chewed off can't find an excuse to get away, so they're forced to stay and listen.

- Vicki

Edited to add: oops! Birdie beat me to it! What she said.

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution" - Daniel Webster