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[alive with]{prep.}, {informal} Crowded with; filled with. •/The lake was alive with fish./ •/The stores were alive with people the Saturday before Christmas./

[all] See: AFTER ALL, AND ALL, AT ALL, BEAT ALL or BEAT THE DUTCH, FOR ALL, FOR ALL ONE IS WORTH, FOR ALL ONE KNOWS, FOR ALL THE WORLD, FOR GOOD also FOR GOOD AND ALL, FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE’S HEART or WITH ALL ONE’S HEART, HAVE ALL ONE’S BUTTONS or HAVE ALL ONE’S MARBLES, IN ALL, JUMP ON or JUMP ALL OVER or LAND ALL OVER, KNOW-IT-ALL, ON ALL FOURS, ONCE AND FOR ALL, PUT ALL ONE’S EGGS IN ONE BASKET, STRIKE ALL OF A HEAP, WALK OVER or WALK ALL OVER or STEP ALL OVER.

[all along] or ({informal}) [right along] {adv. phr.} All the time; during the whole time. •/I knew all along that we would win./ •/I knew right along that Jane would come./

[all at once]{adv. phr.} 1. At the same time; together. •/The teacher told the children to talk one at a time; if they all talked at one time, she could not understand them./ •/Bill can play the piano, sing, and lead his orchestra all at once./ 2. or [all of a sudden] Without warning; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly. •/All at once we heard a shot and the soldier fell to the ground./ •/All of a sudden the ship struck a rock./ Compare: AT ONCE.

[all better]{adj. phr.} Fully recovered; all well again; no longer painful. — Usually used to or by children. •/"All better now," he kept repeating to the little girl./

[all but]{adv. phr.} Very nearly; almost. •/Crows all but destroyed a farmer’s field of corn./ •/The hikers were exhausted and all but frozen when they were found./

[all 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./

[alley] See: BLIND ALLEY, DOWN ONE’S ALLEY or UP ONE’S ALLEY.

[alley cat]{n.}, {slang} 1. A stray cat. 2. A person (usually a female) of rather easy-going, or actually loose sexual morals; a promiscuous person. •/You’ll have no problem dating her; she’s a regular alley cat./

[all eyes]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Wide-eyed with surprise or curiosity; watching very closely. — Used in the predicate. •/At the circus the children were all eyes./

[all gone]{adj. phr.} Used up; exhausted (said of supplies); done with; over with. •/We used to travel a lot, but, alas, those days are all gone./

[all here] See: ALL THERE.

[all hours]{n. phr.}, {informal} Late or irregular times. •/The boy’s mother said he must stop coming home for meals at all hours./ •/He stayed up till all hours of the night to finish his school work./

[all in]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Very tired; exhausted. •/The players were all in after their first afternoon of practice./ Syn.: PLAYED OUT, WORN OUT.

[all in a day’s work] or [all in the day’s work] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Unpleasant or bad but to be expected; not harder than usual; not unusual. •/Keeping ants away from a picnic lunch is all in the day’s work./ •/When the car had a flat tire, Father said that it was all in a day’s work./ Compare: PAR FOR THE COURSE, PUT UP WITH.