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out of sight, out of mind

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

When something is not nearby, it is forgotten about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աչքից հեռու, սրտից դուրս (ačʻkʻicʻ heṙu, srticʻ durs) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Azerbaijani: gözdən uzaq olan könüldən də uzaq olar — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Azerbaijani: gözdə olmayan göyüldə də olmaz — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Bulgarian: далеч от очите, далеч от сърцето (daleč ot očite, daleč ot sǎrceto) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Catalan: d'allò que els ulls no veuen, el cor no se'n dol — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Catalan: lluny dels ulls, lluny del cor — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼不見,心不煩 /眼不见 — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心不烦 (yǎn bù jiàn xīn bù fán) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Czech: sejde z očí, sejde z mysli — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Czech: co oči nevidí, srdce nebolí — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Danish: ude af øje, ude af sind — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Danish: ude af syne, ude af sind — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Dutch: uit het oog, uit het hart — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Esperanto: for de l’ okuloj, for de la koro — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Finnish: poissa silmistä, poissa mielestä — something not nearby is forgotten
  • French: loin des yeux, loin du cœur — something not nearby is forgotten
  • German: aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Greek: μάτια που δε βλέπονται, γρήγορα λησμονιούνται (mátia pou de vlépontai, grígora lismonioúntai) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Hungarian: mihelyt nem látjuk, nem gondolunk rá (már) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Irish: seachnaíonn súil ní nach bhfeiceann — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Italian: lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Italian: occhio non vede, cuore non duole — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Japanese: 去る者は日々に疎し (saru mono wa hibi ni utoshi) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Kazakh: көзден кетсе, көңілден кетеді (közden ketse, köñılden ketedı) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Khmer: ឆ្ងាយកាយ ណាយចិត្ត (chngaay kaay, naay jət) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Korean: 눈에서 멀어지면 마음에서도 멀어진다 (nun-eseo meoreojimyeon ma'eum-eseo-do meoreojinda) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Latin: procul ex oculis, procul ex mente — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Macedonian: далеку од очите, далеку од срцето (daleku od očite, daleku od srceto) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Pannonian Rusyn: далєко од очох, далєко и од шерца (daljeko od očox, daljeko i od šerca) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Persian: از دل برود هر آنکه از دیده برفت (az del beravad har ânke az dide beraft) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Polish: czego oczy nie widzą, tego sercu nie żal — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Polish: co z oczu, to z serca — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Portuguese: longe dos olhos, longe do coração — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Portuguese: o que os olhos não veem o coração não sente — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Romanian: ochii care nu se văd se uită — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Scottish Gaelic: fada bhon t-sùil, fada bhon chridhe — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Scottish Gaelic: an rud nach cluinn cluas, cha gluais e cridhe — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Slovak: zíde z očí, zíde z mysle — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Spanish: ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Swedish: ur syn, ur sinn — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Swedish: syns det inte finns det inte — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Thai: ไกลตาไกลใจ (gail dtaa gail jai) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Turkish: gözden ırak olan gönülden de ırak olur — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Vietnamese: xa mặt cách lòng — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Yiddish: אויס די אויגן, אויס דעם האַרצן (oys di oygn, oys dem hartsn) — something not nearby is forgotten
  • Yiddish: דאַלי אָטשי, דאַלי סערדצע (dali otshi, dali serdtse) — something not nearby is forgotten