in one ear and out the other

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heard but not remembered. I'd remind him about something and he'd let it go in one ear and out the other.

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and Adam Goldberg, clearly hired for his ability to talk very fast so that the most idiotic exposition will zoom in one ear and out the other. ALL OVER AGAIN, OR FOR THE FIRST TIME, `DEJA VU' CONFUSES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) 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 Invited to look closely, readers will notice, though probably not at first glance, that five acrobatic clowns each have an extra torso@ that shadow pictures are not the animals they seem to be when the page is turned, and that a peaceful summer landscape is a surrealistic collage of such improbable images as a walking tree, an ice-skating bird, and a man sitting on a rock with a tree branch growing in one ear and out the other. What's Wrong with This Book? by Vasilakis, Nancy / The Horn Book Magazine More results

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and Adam Goldberg, clearly hired for his ability to talk very fast so that the most idiotic exposition will zoom in one ear and out the other.

ALL OVER AGAIN, OR FOR THE FIRST TIME, `DEJA VU' CONFUSES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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

Invited to look closely, readers will notice, though probably not at first glance, that five acrobatic clowns each have an extra torso@ that shadow pictures are not the animals they seem to be when the page is turned, and that a peaceful summer landscape is a surrealistic collage of such improbable images as a walking tree, an ice-skating bird, and a man sitting on a rock with a tree branch growing in one ear and out the other.

What's Wrong with This Book? by Vasilakis, Nancy / The Horn Book Magazine

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