all ears
/ˌɔːl ˈɪəz/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
listening eagerly and with full attention
Examples
- 1You've got news about the new job? Go on, I'm all ears.
- 2The children were all ears when Grandad started talking about his travels.
- 3Tell me how you managed to fix the washing machine – I'm all ears.
- 4When I mentioned free tickets, suddenly everyone in the office was all ears.
- 5If you have a better idea for the party, we're all ears.
Grammar
Use after be: I'm all ears, everyone was all ears. ears stays plural and all does not change.
More idioms about communication
All 20 idioms and the topic quiz →hear something on the grapevineto learn news that people pass on informallyput in a good word forto praise someone to a person who can help themget a word in edgewaysto manage to speak while someone else keeps talkingfall on deaf earsto be ignored by the people who are told itkeep someone postedto tell someone the latest news as things changea slip of the tonguea small mistake when you say a different word by accident
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