out of sight, out of mind
- out of sight, out of mind
Cf. L. absens haeres non erit, an absent person will not be an heir.
c 1250 Proverbs of Alfred (1907) 46 He that is ute bi-loken [shut out] He is inne sone foryeten [forgotten].
c 1450 tr. T. à Kempis’ De Imitatione Christi (EETS) I. xxxiii. Whan Man is oute of sight, son be he passith oute of mynde.
1545 R. TAVERNER tr. Erasmus’ Adages (ed. 2) D6v Whereunto also agreethe oure Englyshe proverbe which sayethe: Oute of syght, oute of mynde.
1797 A. RADCLIFFE Italian III. ix. Old women now-a-days are not much thought of; out of sight out of mind with them.
1863 C. KINGSLEY Water Babies i. Sir John and the rest saw no more of her; and out of sight was out of mind.
1979 ‘S. WOODS’ This Fatal Writ 45 The brief..was promptly concealed... He was working on the principle ‘out of sight, out of mind’.
2002 Spectator 13 Apr. 38 ‘Once word gets out, people will come,’ they say. ‘Out of sight, out of mind.’
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out of sight, out of mind — mainly spoken phrase used for saying that when you do not see or hear about something, you do not think about it Thesaurus: not paying attentionsynonym Main entry: sight * * * proverb you soon forget people or things that are no longer visible or … Useful english dictionary
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out of sight, out of mind — If one doesn t see something for an extended period of time, one tends to forget about it. A proverb. * /After Caroline moved out of town, Ray soon found other women to date. As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind. / … Dictionary of American idioms
out of sight, out of mind — If one doesn t see something for an extended period of time, one tends to forget about it. A proverb. * /After Caroline moved out of town, Ray soon found other women to date. As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind. / … Dictionary of American idioms
out\ of\ sight,\ out\ of\ mind — proverb If one doesn t see something for an extended period of time, one tends to forget about it. After Caroline moved out of town, Ray soon found other women to date. As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind … Словарь американских идиом
out of sight, out of mind — if you do not see it you will forget about it When I moved away, I forgot her out of sight, out of mind, eh … English idioms
