go in one ear and out the other

Verb

Meaning

go in one ear and out the other (third-person singular simple present goes in one ear and out the other, present participle going in one ear and out the other, simple past went in one ear and out the other, past participle gone in one ear and out the other)

(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.

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Examples

I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers. Koren Zailckas

If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other. Jose Bergamin

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other. Julia Leigh

To go in one ear and out the other. Catalan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

go in high gear go in off go in on go in quest of go in reverse go in the out door