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Knowledge & Understanding - Forgetting
Discover how English idioms like "go blank" and "time out of mind" relate to forgetting in English.
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to often forget things due to one's exceptionally poor memory
Ex: I ca n't believe I forgot your birthday again ; I have a memory like a sieve.
time out of mind
[phrase]
a time so long ago that one has difficulty remembering clearly
Ex: The family 's ancestral home had been passed down from generation to generationtime out of mind, preserving its rich history .
to be on the tip of one's tongue
[phrase]
to be very close to remembering or saying something but fail nevertheless
to slip one's mind
[phrase]
to be forgotten or disregarded
Ex: The combination to the safe slipped his mind, leaving him unable to access the important documents inside .
to forgive and forget
[phrase]
to no longer be angry with someone who wronged one and act as if nothing happened
senior moment
[noun]
temporary loss of memory that is experienced by some people when they get old
Ex: Having senior moment does n't mean you 're losing your sharpness ; it happens to the best of us .
lost in the mists of time
[phrase]
(of something that happened) really difficult to remember how long has passed since it happened to one
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