have a mind like a sieve

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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!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Stevo	-	Serbian, Croatian
Santuzza	-	Italian
Rajesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Deeann	dee-AN	English
Kai (1)	KIE (German, Swedish, Finnish)	Frisian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch
Wynter	WIN-tər	English (Rare)