Korean Idioms & Expressions

귓등으로 듣다

gwitdeungeuro deutda

Literal meaning

to listen with the back of one's ear

To not really listen — to let what someone says go in one ear and out the other, paying no attention. Used when advice or words are ignored.

Korean	English
엄마 말을 귓등으로 듣더니 결국 똑같은 실수를 했어요. eomma mareul gwitdeungeuro deutdeoni gyeolguk ttokgateun silsureul haesseoyo.	He let Mom's words go in one ear and out the other, and ended up making the same mistake.

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