A Vas'ka slushayet, da yest

[Eileen Thurman]

How about "It went in one ear and out the other"?
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From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:57:09 -0500
Subject: [SEELANGS] A Vas'ka slushayet, da yest

>
> Anyone have any bright ideas for an English equivalent? I understand it
> conceptually -- it's a line out of Krylov's "Kot i povar," where all the
> scolding in the world won't stop the cat from eating the roast (see
> below). But I need an image that functions in an English text...
>
> My text is about tax evasion using the so-called "Baykonur scheme,"
> where oil companies registered dummy companies in the enclave to take
> advantage of tax benefits. The MNS went after them, and told the Mayor
> of Baykonur to quit issuing exemptions, but -- well, you know the rest.
> He listened but kept on doing it...
>
> MTIA

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