in one ear and out the other |
右の耳から左の耳 [みぎのみみからひだりのみみ] /(exp) in one ear and out the other/ ------- 右から左へ [みぎからひだりへ] /(exp) (1) from right to left/in one ear and out the other/(2) nice and quick/with speed and address/without further ado/ ------- 心ここにあらず [こころここにあらず] /(exp) there in body, but not in spirit/distracted/in one ear and out the other/ ------- 心焉に在らず [こころここにあらず] /(exp) there in body, but not in spirit/distracted/in one ear and out the other/ ------- 馬の耳に念仏 [うまのみみにねんぶつ] /(exp) not heeding what others say/in one ear and out the other/(lit: praying into a horse's ear)/ |