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Basically, it means that you're hearing what the other person is saying, but you're not actually listening and taking in what they're saying to you.
This is the real answer: Not listening to what is being said. Not attentive.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe image is of the sound going into the ear, passing through the brain, and going right out the other ear without being absorbed by the brain, but the origin is unknown. It it used to mean that a person is not listening.
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∙ 11y agoThe image is that the sound is going into one ear, passing through the brain, and going out the other ear without being absorbed at all. The person is not really paying attention or listening.
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