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go in one ear and out the other |
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go in one ear and out the other Cliché Fig. [for something] to be heard and then soon ignored or forgotten. Everything I say to you seems to go in one ear and out the other. Why don't you pay attention? I can't concentrate. Things people say to me just go in one ear and out the other. go in one ear and out the other 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Probably, but study results tend to go in one ear and out the other because the results seem to conflict. ``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. ``We give him (grief) about it, but we just let it go in one ear and out the other. |
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