prick up one's ears
verbDefinitions
To listen attentively.
- 'I doubt if you will ever have met "Rainproof" Nogg,' wrote one about this time—a shrewd old lady whose Dutch-sounding name caused pushful young hostesses to prick up their ears even when it reached them at third hand.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA