be all ears

• What was said in this disappointing anti - climax , by the disciples of the good republican brutus of antiquity , except that it was something very voluble and loud , would have been as so much hebrew or chaldean to miss pross and her protector , though they had been all ears
  “共和古英豪布鲁塔斯”的信徒们对这个虎头蛇尾的事件发表了什么意见，普洛丝小姐和她的保护者即使竖起耳朵也只能听见一大片喧嚷，跟听见希伯莱文或查尔底亚神谶差不多。