Hello everyone!
Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.
All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,
but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.
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Hello everyone!
Today's idiom is: all ears.
All ears.
Alright, so this is kind of a fun idiom to imagine.
Let's picture your head and you have 2 ears, but now let's change the picture.
You don't have eyes, a nose and mouth, they're all ears. Ear, ear, ear, ear, ear, ear, all ears.
Wow! That's a funny-looking head, right?
Okay, so let's picture this head, all ears: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ears.
They must be a good listener, right?
Okay, so let's picture this funny head and listen to the examples.
I have something really interesting to tell you!
Really, I’m all ears!
Okay, it means they really want to hear what the person has to say. They're all ears.
Okay, next example:
I don’t think we should do the project in that way, so if you have a better idea, we’re all ears.
Okay, I have an idea.
Alright, so 'all ears' means to listen, okay?
Listen very carefully and very well and you're very interested to listen.
So, you're all ears, so you don't have a mouth.
You're not going to be speaking and you're not going to be moving around and talking, okay?
You're just going to listen very carefully, because you're very interested.
So, next time someone has something to tell you and you want to encourage them to tell you
and to show that you're very excited and interested to listen, please say, 'I'm all ears.'
Alright, I'll see you next time.