in one ear and out the other
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Not looking, on the computers, going in one ear and out the other or talking to each other or multitasking or whatever.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2023
I’ve tried the logical conversations, which go in one ear and out the other, and we’re right back at asking 14 times a day.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2021
“Most of the stuff he says is in one ear and out the other anyway,” said Morris, 42, who didn’t vote for Trump or Hillary Clinton.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2018
But it seems like it just goes in one ear and out the other, and they come back in two weeks,” Kat said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2018
I guess I’d been reading newspaper stories about it and hearing people shout over the whole thing for so long that I didn’t listen anymore—it just went in one ear and out the other.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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