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词汇 be all ears
释义
Idiom
be all ears
Theme: EAGERNESS
to be listening eagerly and carefully.
Well, hurry up and tell me. I’m all ears.Be careful what you say. The children are all ears.
Idiom
be all ears
informal to be very eager to hear what someone is going to say.
'Do you want to hear what happened at the party last night?' 'Oh yes, I'm all ears'.
idiombe all earsto be eager to hear what is being said:"Are you listening to me?" "Yes, go on, I'm all ears."I realized too late that my sister was listening, all ears, to our conversation.

be all ears

To be ready and eager to hear what one has to say. Tell me about your first day at the new job—I'm all ears!

be all ears

If you are all ears, you are ready and eager to listen to what someone is saying. Okay, tell me what the problem is. I'm all ears. She had expected him to be all ears when she told him about her wedding plans.

be all ears

be listening eagerly and attentively. informal

be all ˈears

(informal) listen very carefully and with great interest: Go on, tell me what happened — I’m all ears. OPPOSITE: listen with half an ear

all ears, to be

To pay close attention to what is said. The term may have originated in John Milton’s Comus (1634): “I am all ear and took in strains that might create a soul under the ribs of death.” It has been used again and again, by Anthony Trollope and others, to the present day.
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