Meaning of IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English when we say that something went
in one ear and out the other it means that
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someone really wasn't listening to you when
you told them something.
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You told them something and it went in one
ear and it came out the other ear instead
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of going into their brain.
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A good example would be maybe you say to your
brother, "Would you like to go eat at the
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new restaurant downtown tonight?"
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And your brother says, "Yeah, yeah, sounds
good!"
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And then a couple minutes later your brother
says to you, "Hey I just had a good idea.
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Would you like to go eat supper at the new
restaurant downtown tonight?"
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In that situation you know that when you asked
your brother if they wanted to go to the new
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restaurant it went in one ear and it went
out the other.
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They really didn't hear you when you were
talking to them.
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