洗耳恭聽與充耳不
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 thepatient.
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.
我巴不得能有機會看書，但我的同桌卻嘮嘮叨叨地說個不停。
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糟。
6. have big ears耳朵尖、訊息靈通;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聚精會神
例句：A detective must be all eyes and all ears.
一個偵探必須眼觀六路，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.
請告訴我你的'經歷，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.
當他被告知自己得了一等獎時，他咧開嘴笑了。
10. play it by ear隨機應變、見機行事
例句：In dealing with that unpredictable man, you simply can't follow a prearranged plan. You have to play it by ear.
和那個捉摸不定的人打交道，你簡直無法按預定計劃行事，只好隨行應變。
By the time she was four, she could play songs by ear.
智慧手機smartphone
Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Corp. on Wednesday announced an alliance that will bringMicrosoft's Office and related software and services to Nokia smartphones.
週三微軟公司和諾基亞公司宣佈建立聯盟關係，微軟將向諾基亞的智慧手機提供Office套裝軟體和服務。
在上面的報道中，smartphone就是我們現在流行的“智慧手機”。Smart在該詞中的意思是“智慧的，智慧化的”。我們現在有smart card (智慧卡)，smart dust(智慧微塵——具有電腦功能的超微型感測器)等。
和smart相結合的詞多和“聰明、靈巧”相關，如smart drink是“智慧飲料”(有益智功效的混合飲料)，smart mob是“聰明暴民、快閃族(指通過手機或其他方式聯絡後聚集、集體行動等的一群人)”。但是有的和smart沾邊的詞就沒那麼幸運了，像smart-ass是“自作聰明的人”，而smart mouth則是“說話放肆的人”。
另外，smart還可以解釋為“時髦的”，例如smart casual就是“休閒且時髦的服飾”。
