out of sight, out of mind

English

Proverb

out of sight, out of mind

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

Translations

something not nearby is forgotten

Chinese: Mandarin: 眼不見，心不煩 (cmn), 眼不见，心不烦 (cmn) (yǎn bù jiàn xīn bù fán) Czech: sejde z očí, sejde z mysli (cs) Dutch: uit het oog, uit het hart (nl) Esperanto: for de l’ okuloj, for de la koro (eo) Finnish: poissa silmistä, poissa mielestä (fi) French: loin des yeux, loin du cœur (fr) German: aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn (de) Hebrew: רחוק מהעין, רחוק מהלב (he) pl. Italian: lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore (it) Japanese: 去る者は日々に疎し (ja) (さるものはひびにうとし, saru mono wa hibi ni utoshi)

Khmer: ឆ្ងាយកាយ ណាយចិត្ត (km) Polish: co z oczu, to z serca (pl) Portuguese: longe dos olhos, longe do coração (pt), o que os olhos não veem o coração não sente (pt) Russian: с глаз долой — из сердца вон (ru) (s glaz dolój — iz sérdca von) Scottish Gaelic: fada bhon t-sùil, fada bhon chridhe (gd) Spanish: ojos que no ven corazón que no siente (es) Swedish: ur syn, ur sinn (sv) Turkish: gözden ırak olan gönülden de ırak olur (tr) Urdu: نظر سے دور، دل کے قریب  (ur)

Usage notes

It has been speculated by Richard Lederer that when this proverb was fed through a translating machine through Chinese and back to English, the resulting phrase was "invisible, insane".[1]

See also

• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• ignorance is bliss
• out of sight