go in one ear and out the other

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29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: bir qulağından alır, o biri qulağından verir — to be heard but not attended to
• Chinese Cantonese: 左耳入,右耳出 (zo2 ji5 jap6, jau6 ji5 ceot1) — to be heard but not attended to
• Chinese: 一耳空入,一耳空出 (Tsi̍t hīnn-khang ji̍p, tsi̍t hīnn-khang tshut) — to be heard but not attended to
• Chinese Mandarin: 當耳邊風 /当耳边风 (dàng ěrbiānfēng) — to be heard but not attended to
• Chinese Mandarin: 左耳朵進,右耳朵出 /左耳朵进 — to be heard but not attended to
• Chinese Mandarin: 右耳朵出 (zuǒ ěrduo jìn, yòu ěrduo chū) — to be heard but not attended to
• Chinese Mandarin: 左耳進,右耳出 /左耳进 — to be heard but not attended to
• Chinese Mandarin: 右耳出 (zuǒ'ěr jìn, yòu'ěr chū) — to be heard but not attended to
• Dutch: het ene oor in, het andere uit gaan — to be heard but not attended to
• Finnish: mennä yhdestä korvasta sisään ja toisesta ulos — to be heard but not attended to
• French: entrer par une oreille et sortir par l'autre — to be heard but not attended to
• Galician: entrar por unha orella e saír pola outra — to be heard but not attended to
• German: zum einen Ohr hinein- und zum anderen wieder hinausgehen — to be heard but not attended to
• Hebrew: נִכְנַס בְּאֹזֶן אַחַת וְיָצָא דֶּרֶךְ הָאׂזְן הַשְּׁנִיָּה (nichnás b'ózen aẖát vyatzá dérech haózen hashniyá) — to be heard but not attended to
• Hungarian: egyik fülén be, a másikon ki — to be heard but not attended to
• Icelandic: innum eitt eyrað og útum hitt — to be heard but not attended to
• Indonesian: masuk kuping kiri, keluar kuping kanan — to be heard but not attended to
• Indonesian: masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri — to be heard but not attended to
• Indonesian: masuk dari kuping kiri, keluar lewat kuping kanan — to be heard but not attended to
• Korean: 한쪽 귀로 듣고 한쪽 귀로 흘려버리다 (hanjjok gwiro deutgo hanjjok gwiro heullyeobeorida) — to be heard but not attended to
• Malay: masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri — to be heard but not attended to
• Polish: jednym uchem wchodzi, a drugim wychodzi — to be heard but not attended to
• Portuguese: entrar por um ouvido e sair pelo outro — to be heard but not attended to
• Portuguese: entrar por um ouvido e sair por outro — to be heard but not attended to
• Spanish: entrar por un oído y salir por el otro — to be heard but not attended to
• Telugu: ఒక చెవితో విని మరో చెవితో వదిలెయ్యడం (oka cevitō vini marō cevitō vadileyyaḍaṁ) — to be heard but not attended to
• Thai: เข้าหูซ้ายทะลุหูขวา — to be heard but not attended to
• Ukrainian: в одне вухо влітає, в інше вилітає (v odne vuxo vlitaje, v inše vylitaje) — to be heard but not attended to
• Vietnamese: nói đâu quên đấy — to be heard but not attended to