Idiom
all ears
Meaning
Listening intently; fully focused.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I'm all ears — tell me what happened.”
“When my friend looked upset, I sat down and said I was all ears.”
“The detective leaned forward, silent and all ears, as the witness finally began to describe what she had seen that night.”
Examples
simple
“I'm all ears — tell me what happened.”
contextual
“When my friend looked upset, I sat down and said I was all ears.”
complex
“The detective leaned forward, silent and all ears, as the witness finally began to describe what she had seen that night.”
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