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131(all) joking apart — (all) joking aside/apart/spoken phrase used before you say something serious after you have been saying something that was intended to be funny Joking aside, she’s a great actor. Thesaurus: expressions used when telling jokeshyponym quali …
132all ears — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Very eager to hear; very attentive. Used in the predicate. * /Go ahead with your story; we are all ears./ * /When John told about the circus, the boys were all ears./ …
