"all ears" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-all ears.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} all ears (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Listening intently; fully focused. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (listening intensely): jedno velké ucho (Czech), jedno ucho (Czech), lutter øre (Danish), eén en al oor (Dutch), pelkkänä korvana (Finnish), kuulolla (Finnish), tout ouïe (French), être tout oreilles (French), être tout oreille (French), ganz Ohr (German), όλος αυτιά (ólos aftiá) (Greek), כולי אוזן (Hebrew), csupa fül (Hungarian), tutto orecchie (Italian), tutt'orecchi (Italian), се претворив во уво (se pretvoriv vo uvo) (Macedonian), lutter øre (Norwegian Bokmål), zamieniać się w słuch (note: the verb substitutes English "be") [imperfective] (Polish), zamienić się w słuch (note: the verb substitutes English "be") [perfective] (Polish), todo ouvidos (Portuguese), numai urechi (Romanian), навостри́ть у́ши (navostrítʹ úši) (Russian), обрати́ться в слух (obratítʹsja v slux) (Russian), внима́тельно слу́шать (vnimátelʹno slúšatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), слу́шать во все у́ши (slúšatʹ vo vse úši) [imperfective] (Russian), todo oídos (Spanish), idel öra* Swedish: vara idel öra (Swedish), spetsa öronen (Swedish), ہمہ تن گوش (hama-tan-gosh) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-all_ears-en-adj-mXHTqizZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'listening intensely': 92 8
  2. (idiomatic) Awaiting an explanation. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (awaiting explanation): lutter øre (Danish), pelkkänä korvana (Finnish), tout ouïe (French), ganz Ohr sein (German), όλος αυτιά (ólos aftiá) (Greek), tutto orecchie (Italian), lutter øre (Norwegian Bokmål), todo ouvidos (Portuguese), ochi și urechi (Romanian), обрати́ться в слух (obratítʹsja v slux) (Russian), весь внима́ние (vesʹ vnimánije) [masculine] (Russian), весь во внима́нии [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), escucho (Spanish), idel öra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-all_ears-en-adj-89w4v5X7 Disambiguation of 'awaiting explanation': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: all eyes, all smiles

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      "roman": "hama-tan-gosh",
      "sense": "listening intensely",
      "word": "ہمہ تن گوش"
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
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      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
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      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
      "word": "ganz Ohr sein"
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      "roman": "ólos aftiá",
      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
      "word": "όλος αυτιά"
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      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
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      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
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      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
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      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
      "word": "ochi și urechi"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "obratítʹsja v slux",
      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesʹ vnimánije",
      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "весь внима́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "весь во внима́нии"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
      "word": "escucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "awaiting explanation",
      "word": "idel öra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all ears"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/611",
  "msg": "suspicious translation with '* ': {'lang': 'Swedish', 'code': 'sv', 'sense': 'listening intensely', 'word': 'idel öra* Swedish: vara idel öra'}",
  "path": [
    "all ears"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "all ears",
  "trace": ""
}

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