out of sight, out of mind

English

Alternative forms

• out of sight is out of mind
• outta sight, outta mind

Proverb

out of sight, out of mind

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

Translations

something not nearby is forgotten

• Arabic: بعيد عن العين بعيد عن القلب (ar) (baʿīd ʿan al-ʿayn baʿīd ʿan al-qalb)
• 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) (chngaay kaay, naay jət)
• Persian: از دل برود هر آنکه از دیده برفت (fa) (az del beravad har ânke az dide beraft)
• 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)

See also

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