all eyes

all eyes

Watching or ready to watch something intently. The children were all eyes when the magician started performing. The fans in the stands were all eyes as overtime commenced. The teacher called for her students to be all eyes as she began the science experiment.

See also: all, eye

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all eyes

Watching very closely, as in The buyers at the fashion show were all eyes. Worded slightly differently ( with all one's eyes), this idiom dates from the mid-1500s. Also see its counterpart, all ears.

See also: all, eye

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

all eyes

Fully attentive.

See also: all, eye

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