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BE ALL EYES ALL EARS [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims
OBS

To watch and listen eagerly and attentively.

CONT

We're going to play you five bits of that same Mozart overture, and in each bit there will be something very obviously wrong, which you will usually be able to detect by sight. Here we go - and I want you to be all eyes and all ears.

Key term(s)
  • be all ears and all eyes
  • be all eyes
  • be all ears

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
OBS

Regarder et écouter attentivement.

CONT

Les cadres supérieurs (PM-4, PM-3, AS-3, etc.) devront être tout yeux, tout oreilles en vue de fournir de l'information générale sur un grief, pour assister dans la désignation des postes essentiels d'un bureau, pour recenser les postes désignés éventuellement vacants et pour aviser les gestionnaires que leur présence est requise dans un bureau.

Key term(s)
  • être tout oreilles
  • être tout ouïe
  • être tout yeux

Spanish

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