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  • 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.

  • Is everyone ready? Let's begin.

  • 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, were 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.

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