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Definition 2024

(idiomatic) Said of something that is heard but not attended to; (someone) failed to pay attention
He told me who he saw, but it went in one ear and out the other.

to not be heeded

Hungarian: egyik fülén be, a másikon ki
Icelandic: innum eitt eyrað og útum hitt
Russian: в одно́ у́хо влета́ет, в друго́е вылета́ет ‎(v odnó úxo vletájet, v drugóje vyletájet) (flies in one ear, flies out the other)
Spanish: entrar por un oído y salir por el otro
Telugu: ఒక చెవితో విని మరో చెవితో వదిలెయ్యడం ‎(oka cevitō vini marō cevitō vadileyyaḍaṃ)