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Meaning of go in one ear and out the other | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“He told me whom he saw, but it went in one ear and out the other.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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