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(idiomatic) To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.

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go in one ear and out the other

Source Word

go in one ear and out the other

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.

Japanese Meaning

耳に入ってもすぐに抜け、記憶に残らない / 聞いても注意されず、すぐに忘れられる

No matter how many times we warn him, it just seems to go in one ear and out the other.

何度注意しても、彼はそれを聞いても全く心に留めないようだ。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.

He told me who he saw, but it went in one ear and out the other.

goes in one ear and out the other

（ present singular third-person ）

going in one ear and out the other

（ participle present ）

went in one ear and out the other

（ past ）

gone in one ear and out the other

（ participle past ）