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Korean idiom let words go in one ear and out the other

Idioms linked to “귓-등” · Linked dictionary word

귓등으로 듣다

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  • 귓등으로 듣다

English rendering let words go in one ear and out the other Literal translation: “listen with the backs of the ears”

Meaning 1

듣고도 들은 체 만 체 하다.

To hear something but act as though one barely heard it.

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“귓등으로 듣다” — let words go in one ear and out the other: To hear something but act as though one barely heard it.
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