idiom · neutral
be all ears
UK/biː ɔːl ɪəz/US/bi ɔl ɪrz/be·all·EARS
speaking
to listen very carefully because you are very interested
Examples
“When she started talking about her trip, I was all ears.”
“If you have news, I'm all ears.”
“Students were all ears during the guest lecture on scholarships.”
Band 8 sentence
“When the admissions officer explained what they look for, I was all ears.”
Collocations
- be all ears when someone explains
- be all ears for news/on hearing news
Word family
be all ears idiom
Common mistakes
be all ear→be all ears
I am all ears yesterday.→I was all ears yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5listen→6listen carefully→7+be all ears
Synonyms
hang on every word
Easily confused
hang on every word
“Fans hung on every word the author said at the signing.”
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