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 draw a blank

to be unable to remember something clearly

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [draw] a blank\"$

to have a memory / mind like a sieve

to often forget things due to one's exceptionally poor memory

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [have] a (memory|mind|head|brain) like a sieve\"$

time out of mind

a time so long ago that one has difficulty remembering clearly

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$Definition & Meaning of \"time out of mind\"$

to be on the tip of one's tongue

to be very close to remembering or saying something but fail nevertheless

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [be] on the tip of {one's} tongue\"$

to slip one's mind

to be forgotten or disregarded

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [slip] {one's} (mind|memory)\"$

to forgive and forget

to no longer be angry with someone who wronged one and act as if nothing happened

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to forgive and forget\"$

to go blank

to fail to remeber what one previously knew

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$Definition & Meaning of \"to [go] blank\"$

senior moment

temporary loss of memory that is experienced by some people when they get old

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$Definition & Meaning of \"senior moment\"$

lost in the mists of time

(of something that happened) really difficult to remember how long has passed since it happened to one

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$Definition & Meaning of \"lost in the mists of time\"$