Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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.

    zum einen Ohr hinein- und zum anderen wieder hinausgehen

    в одне вухо влітає, в інше вилітаєv odne vuxo vlitaje, v inše vylitaje

Examples

271 sentences
  1. She went to a movie the other day.

    Вона днями ходила до кіно. — deniko

    ruОна ходила в кино на днях. — sharptoothed

    deSie ist neulich ins Kino gegangen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. We're going to go into the other room.

    Ми підемо до іншої кімнати. — deniko

  3. I wanted to go outside and play with the other children.

    Я хотів піти надвір пограти з іншими дітьми. — deniko

  4. We can go some other time.

    Можемо піти іншим разом. — deniko

    ruМожем сходить как-нибудь в другой раз. — marafon

    deWir können ein andermal gehen. — Waldelfe

  5. We need to go out with each other more often.

    Нам треба частіше гуляти разом. — annielee

    deWir müssen öfter miteinander ausgehen. — raggione

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to be heard but not attended to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to be heard but not attended to:

Forms

goes in one ear and out the other, going in one ear and out the other, went in one ear and out the other, gone in one ear and out the other
Base formgo in one ear and out the other · to go in one ear and out the other
3rd person singulargoes in one ear and out the other
Present participlegoing in one ear and out the other
Past simplewent in one ear and out the other
Past participlegone in one ear and out the other

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo in one ear and out the other
he, she, itgoes in one ear and out the other

Past simpleLesson

all personswent in one ear and out the other

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone in one ear and out the other
he, she, ithas gone in one ear and out the other

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go in one ear and out the other

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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