go in one ear and out the other

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if information goes in one ear and out the other, the person who is told it forgets it immediately because they do not listen carefully enough. You know what it's like when you're told a whole list of names - they just go in one ear and out the other.

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Probably, but study results tend to go in one ear and out the other because the results seem to conflict. The Culprit and the Cure by Engle, Jamie / Reviewer's Bookwatch ``I just let it go in one ear and out the other,'' said Dawn Kropp, who drives across the Coronado Bridge every day to San Diego. TRAFFIC FLOWS OVER GUARDED BRIDGES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ``We give him (grief) about it, but we just let it go in one ear and out the other. SMITH RETURNS TO THE FOREFRONT OF BUFFALO'S D by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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Probably, but study results tend to go in one ear and out the other because the results seem to conflict.

The Culprit and the Cure by Engle, Jamie / Reviewer's Bookwatch

``I just let it go in one ear and out the other,'' said Dawn Kropp, who drives across the Coronado Bridge every day to San Diego.

TRAFFIC FLOWS OVER GUARDED BRIDGES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

``We give him (grief) about it, but we just let it go in one ear and out the other.

SMITH RETURNS TO THE FOREFRONT OF BUFFALO'S D by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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