be all ears in Englisch

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  "etymology_text": "ear, all",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "When their mother told a story, the children were all ears.",
          "translation": "Wenn ihre Mutter eine Geschichte erzählte, waren die Kinder ganz Ohr."
        }
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        "ganz Ohr sein"
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "ganz Ohr sein",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ganz Ohr sein"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be all ears"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Englisch",
    "Redewendung (Englisch)",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ear, all",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When their mother told a story, the children were all ears.",
          "translation": "Wenn ihre Mutter eine Geschichte erzählte, waren die Kinder ganz Ohr."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ganz Ohr sein"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "ganz Ohr sein",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ganz Ohr sein"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be all ears"
}

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"be all ears" meaning in Englisch

Phrase