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Ear to the ground like a dead wombat

This is a widely used expression in Australia that means that a person is clued in to what is going on.

The saying comes from how a wombat lies when it has been killed - lying on its side with its ear on the ground. While this is disconcerting to some people, the saying is, nonetheless, widely used as it is extremely accurate and descriptive