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in one ear and out the other
Idioms and Phrases
Quickly forgotten, as in Their advice to her just went in one ear and out the other . This expression, a proverb in John Heywood's 1546 collection, conjures up a graphic image of sound traveling through one's head. [Late 1300s]Example Sentences
Her own answers sometimes slid into fluffy politician-speak—her repeated invocations of phrases “the opportunity economy” and “what unites us is greater than what divides us” probably went in one ear and out the other for a lot of listeners.
Shreya says she "refuses to process" the comparisons, saying they go "in one ear and out the other".
“With some guys it would go in one ear and out the other. I’d tell guys, `Make sure to take your playbook home and study.’
It goes in one ear and out the other.
Not looking, on the computers, going in one ear and out the other or talking to each other or multitasking or whatever.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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