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all ears

all ears adjective: listening intently; fully focused.

Adjective

all ears (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Listening intently; fully focused.
    • The students were all ears when they found out the topic of the film was "reproduction." They were disappointed to discover that it was also about fish.
  2. (idiomatic) Awaiting an explanation.
    • I am all ears to find out how my car, which used to have a perfectly functional engine, will no longer start.

all ears meaning in Urdu and Bengali

all ears in Urdu

listening intensely
ہمہ تن گوش hama-tan-gosh

all ears in Bengali

মনোযোগ দিয়ে শোনা, সম্পূর্ণভাবে মনোযোগী, কোনো ব্যাখ্যার অপেক্ষায় থাকা

Questions about all ears

What does all ears mean?
All ears means listening intently; fully focused.
What is all ears in Urdu?
All ears in Urdu is ہمہ تن گوش (hama-tan-gosh). See All ears meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is all ears?
All ears is an adjective.

Words near all ears in the dictionary

  1. all dressed up and no place to go
  2. all dressed up and nowhere to go
  3. all dressed up with no place to go
  4. all dressed up with nowhere to go
  5. all duck or no dinner
  6. all ears
  7. all elbows
  8. all else being equal
  9. all else the same
  10. all ends up
  11. all even

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