sieve

Related to sieve: sieve out

a mind like a sieve

The tendency to be exceptionally forgetful or absentminded; a poor memory. I need to start getting more sleep at night, because lately I've had a mind like a sieve. John has a mind like a sieve—I had to leave him three separate reminders about the play tomorrow night!
See also: like, mind, sieve

have a memory like a sieve

To be exceptionally forgetful or absentminded. I need to start getting more sleep at night, because lately I've had a memory like a sieve. John has a memory like a sieve—I had to leave him three separate reminders about the play tomorrow night.
See also: have, like, memory, sieve

have a mind like a sieve

To be exceptionally forgetful or absentminded. I need to start getting more sleep at night, because lately I've had a mind like a sieve. John has a mind like a sieve—I had to leave him three separate reminders about the play tomorrow night!
See also: have, like, mind, sieve
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a mind like a sieve

or

a brain like a sieve

If you have a mind like a sieve or a brain like a sieve, you have a bad memory and often forget things. He's lost his keys again — he's got a mind like a sieve, that boy.
See also: like, mind, sieve
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

have a mind/memory like a ˈsieve

(informal) forget things easily or quickly: I’m terribly sorry I didn’t remember your birthday — I’ve got a memory like a sieve.
A sieve is a kitchen tool with small holes in it, used for separating solids from liquids or very small pieces of food from larger pieces.
See also: have, like, memory, mind, sieve
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Ridgewater College's math instructor Mike Sieve was recently honored for his teaching excellence by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System Board of Trustees.
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The scientists designed an 'ultracapacity nano-photon sieve'--a unique device with the capacity to incorporate more than 34,000 nanoholes (around 300nm in diameter) randomly distributed in its surface.
Nanoholes could be used to produce holograms
For those that perform frequent sieve analyses, the analyzer can save time by requiring just three motions: add the sample, start the measurement, read the result.
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To satisfy Zeelandia's productivity objective, Russell Finex advised the company to attach their mesh screens to their sieve decks.
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