out of sight, out of mind

out of sight, out of mind

English

Alternative forms

• out of sight is out of mind
• outta sight, outta mind

Pronunciation

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Proverb

out of sight, out of mind

1. When something is not nearby, it is forgotten about.

Translations

something not nearby is forgotten

Arabic: بَعِيد عَن اَلْعَيْن بَعِيد عَن اَلْقَلْب‎ (baʿīd ʿan al-ʿayn baʿīd ʿan al-qalb) (literally: far from the eyes, far from the heart) Catalan: d'allò que els ulls no veuen, el cor no se'n dol, lluny dels ulls, lluny del cor Chinese: Mandarin: 眼不見，心不煩／眼不见，心不烦 (yǎn bù jiàn xīn bù fán) Czech: sejde z očí, sejde z mysli Dutch: uit het oog, uit het hart Esperanto: for de l’ okuloj, for de la koro Finnish: poissa silmistä, poissa mielestä French: loin des yeux, loin du cœur (fr) (literally: far from the eyes, far from the heart) German: aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn (de) Greek: μάτια που δε βλέπονται, γρήγορα λησμονιούνται (mátia pou de vlépontai, grígora lismonioúntai) Hebrew: רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב‎ (rakhók meha'ayín, rakhók mehalév) (literally: far from the eyes, far from the heart) Hungarian: ami nincs szem előtt, arról könnyen megfeledkezünk/ … azt könnyen elfelejtjük/ … azzal nem törődünk, mihelyt nem látjuk, (már) nem (is) gondolunk rá (also with az ember or 3rd-person plural as subject) Irish: seachnaíonn súil ní nach bhfeiceann Italian: lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore (literally: far from the eyes, far from the heart), occhio non vede, cuore non duole (literally: [the] eye doesn't see, [the] heart doesn't hurt) Japanese: 去る者は日々に疎し (さるものはひびにうとし, saru mono wa hibi ni utoshi) Kazakh: көзден кетсе, көңілден кетеді (közden ketse, köñılden ketedı) Khmer: ឆ្ងាយកាយ ណាយចិត្ត (chngaay kaay, naay jət) Latin: procul ex oculis, procul ex mente Macedonian: далеку од очите, далеку од срцето (daleku od očite, daleku od srceto) Persian: از دل برود هر آنکه از دیده برفت‎ (az del beravad har ânke az dide beraft) Polish: co z oczu, to z serca (pl) Portuguese: longe dos olhos, longe do coração, o que os olhos não veem o coração não sente Romanian: ochii care nu se văd se uită Russian: с глаз доло́й — из се́рдца вон (ru) (s glaz dolój — iz sérdca von) Scottish Gaelic: fada bhon t-sùil, fada bhon chridhe, an rud nach cluinn cluas, cha ghluais e cridhe Slovak: zíde z očí, zíde z mysle Spanish: ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente (literally: eyes that don't see, heart that doesn't feel) Swedish: ur syn, ur sinn, syns det inte finns det inte Thai: ไกลตาไกลใจ (gail dtaa gail jai) Turkish: gözden ırak olan gönülden de ırak olur Urdu: نظر سے دور، دل کے قریب‎ (nazar se dūr, dil ke qarīb) (literally: out of sight, close to the heart) Yiddish: אויס די אויגן, אויס דעם האַרצן‎ (oys di oygn, oys dem hartsn), דאַלי אָטשי, דאַלי סערדצע‎ (dali otshi, dali serdtse)

See also

• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• long absent, soon forgotten
• ignorance is bliss
• out of sight