1. give/lend an ear to someone 傾聽某人的心聲(常用以表示同情)

例句：He tried to give a sympathetic ear to the patient.

他極力懷著同情心傾聽患者的敘述。

2. turn a deaf ear 不加理睬、充耳不聞

例句：He turned a deaf ear to his mother's chatter.

他對(duì)母親的嘮嘮叨叨聽而不聞。

3. fall on deaf ears 未被理睬、未受重視

例句：My advice always seems to fall on deaf ears.

我的建議好像總是沒人聽。

4. talk one's ear off 喋喋不休，絮叨個(gè)不停

例句：All I wanted was a chance to read my book, but my seatmate talked my ear off.

我巴不得能有機(jī)會(huì)看書，但我的同桌卻嘮嘮叨叨地說個(gè)不停。

5. make a pig's ear of 把事情搞得很糟糕

例句：He made a pig's ear (out) of repairing my car.

他把我的車修得一團(tuán)糟。

6. have big ears 耳朵尖、消息靈通;愛打聽別人的事

例句：He can't help having big ears.

他總愛打聽別人的事。

7. all eyes and ears 聚精會(huì)神

例句：A detective must be all eyes and all ears.

一個(gè)偵探必須眼觀六路，耳聽八方。

8. all ears 洗耳恭聽、全神貫注地聽

例句：Go ahead with your story, I'm all ears.

請(qǐng)告訴我你的經(jīng)歷，我將洗耳恭聽。

9. grin from ear to ear 咧著嘴笑、笑逐顏開

例句：When he was told that he has won the first prize, he grined from ear to ear.

當(dāng)他被告知自己得了一等獎(jiǎng)時(shí)，他咧開嘴笑了。

10. play it by ear 隨機(jī)應(yīng)變、見機(jī)行事

例句：In dealing with that unpredictable man, you simply can't follow a prearranged plan. You have to play it by ear.

和那個(gè)捉摸不定的人打交道，你簡(jiǎn)直無法按預(yù)定計(jì)劃行事，只好隨行應(yīng)變。

11. prick up your ears 豎起耳朵仔細(xì)聽

例句：He pricked up his ears when they mentioned the salary.

當(dāng)他們提到工資時(shí)，他立刻注意起來。