if memory serves

English

Alternative forms

• if memory serves right

Phrase

if memory serves

1. If I have correctly remembered the details.
   • 1954, The Accountant, volume 130, page xxxiii:

     But A. P. H. has told us how he has demonstrated, at least twice, that indeed a cheque need not be on paper. Once, if memory serves, he used a table napkin; on the other occasion it was the label of an almost empty wine bottle.

Synonyms

• as memory serves

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: muistaakseni, jos oikein muistan
• French: si ma mémoire est bonne (fr)
• German: (idiomatic, but slightly elevated) wenn ich mich recht entsinne, (more informal) wenn ich mich richtig erinnere, wenn ich es richtig im Kopf habe
• Polish: jeśli dobrze pamiętam
• Portuguese: se a memória não me falha, se bem me lembro
• Russian: если память не изменяет (ru) (jesli pamjatʹ ne izmenjajet)
• Scottish Gaelic: mas math mo chuimhne
• Spanish: si mal no me acuerdo