下面是一个父亲在说他的女儿：

例句-1："I told Sally it was foolish to marry that man, but it went in one ear and out the other. Now she wishes she'd listened to me. He drinks and gambles and she wants to leave him."

这位爸爸说：“我早就告诉沙利不要那么笨,去和那个人结婚。可是,对于我的话，她是一个耳朵进一个耳朵出。结了婚她才知道那人又喝酒又赌钱。现在她 ……

下面我们要讲的一个习惯用语是： to play by ear

例句-3："I haven't had a chance to prepare any notes so all I can do is start talking and play it by ear."

这话的意思是：“我今天没有什么准备，所以就只好讲到那儿就算那儿了。”

下面一个例子是一个人在和朋友约会：……