go in one ear and out the other

== English == === Alternative forms === go in at one ear and at out the other === Pronunciation === === Verb === 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 whom he saw, but it went in one ear and out the other. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== fall on deaf ears preach to deaf ears === Further reading === “go in one ear and out the other”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “go in one ear and out the other”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.