VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Go in one ear and out the other

Meaning:

said about something which is heard and then quickly forgotten.

Examples:

  • I let most of it go in one ear and out the other.
  • Don't jump on him when he talks, let it go in one ear and out the other, okay?
  • Haven't I taught you anything? Or does it go in one ear and out the other?
  • Help us not to leave here today and just let this message go in one ear and out the other.
  • My grandpops was always coming at us with that religion. And every time it would go in one ear and out the other.
  • It was sort of the hippie mentality, and I think what I would tell her would go in one ear and out the other.
  • They have been notified, time and again, of what is expected of them by the Federation and by Heaven, but most of it seems to go in one ear and out the other!