English / idiom
Pick up Your Ears
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To listen intently, keenly, and with heightened alertness.
In context
01
The apprentices picked up their ears the moment the master started revealing the trade secret.
02
Pick up your ears whenever experienced elders share insights gained from hardship.
Synonyms
Prick up one's ears,listen keenly,be all ears
Antonyms
Turn a deaf ear,tune out,ignore
Collocations
Pick up your ears and listen,suddenly pick up one's ears,make someone pick up their ears