go in one ear and out the other

English

(idiomatic) To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.
He told me who he saw, but it went in one ear and out the other.

to be heard but not attended to

Hungarian: egyik fülén be, a másikon ki
Icelandic: innum eitt eyrað og útum hitt
Korean: 한쪽 귀로 듣고 한쪽 귀로 흘려버리다 (hanjjok gwiro deutgo hanjjok gwiro heullyeobeorida)
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)
Thai: เข้าหูซ้ายทะลุหูขวา (th)

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