mind like a sieve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

En-au-have a mind like a sieve.ogg

mind like a sieve

Since a sieve has many holes, the thoughts in such a mind might be imagined to fall out.

memory like a sieve brain like a sieve head like a sieve

mind like a steel trap

leak like a sieve

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