out of sight, out of mind

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out of sight, out of mind

When something is not nearby, it is forgotten about.

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something not nearby is forgotten

Arabic: بَعِيد عَن اَلْعَيْن بَعِيد عَن اَلْقَلْب (baʕīd ʕan al-ʕayn baʕīd ʕan al-qalb, literally “far from the eyes, far from the heart”)
Armenian: աչքից հեռու, սրտից դուրս (ačʻkʻicʻ heṙu, srticʻ durs)
Catalan: d'allò que els ulls no veuen, el cor no se'n dol, lluny dels ulls, lluny del cor
Chinese:
Mandarin: 眼不見，心不煩／眼不见，心不烦 (yǎn bù jiàn xīn bù fán)
Czech: sejde z očí, sejde z mysli
Danish: ude af øje, ude af sind, ude af syne, ude af sind
Dutch: uit het oog, uit het hart
Esperanto: for de l’ okuloj, for de la koro
Finnish: poissa silmistä, poissa mielestä
French: loin des yeux, loin du cœur (fr) (literally “far from the eyes, far from the heart”)
German: aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn (de)
Greek: μάτια που δε βλέπονται, γρήγορα λησμονιούνται (mátia pou de vlépontai, grígora lismonioúntai)
Hebrew: רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב (rakhók meha'ayín, rakhók mehalév, literally “far from the eyes, far from the heart”)
Hungarian: ami nincs szem előtt, arról könnyen megfeledkezünk / … azt könnyen elfelejtjük / … azzal nem törődünk, mihelyt nem látjuk, (már) nem (is) gondolunk rá (also with az ember or 3rd-person plural as subject)
Irish: seachnaíonn súil ní nach bhfeiceann
Italian: lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore (literally “far from the eyes, far from the heart”), occhio non vede, cuore non duole (literally “the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't hurt”)
Japanese: 去る者は日々に疎し (さるものはひびにうとし, saru mono wa hibi ni utoshi)
Kazakh: көзден кетсе, көңілден кетеді (közden ketse, köñılden ketedı)
Khmer: ឆ្ងាយកាយ ណាយចិត្ត (chngaay kaay, naay jət)
Latin: procul ex oculis, procul ex mente
Macedonian: далеку од очите, далеку од срцето (daleku od očite, daleku od srceto)
Persian: از دل برود هر آنکه از دیده برفت (az del beravad har ânke az dide beraft)
Polish: czego oczy nie widzą, tego sercu nie żal, co z oczu, to z serca (pl)
Portuguese: longe dos olhos, longe do coração, o que os olhos não veem o coração não sente
Romanian: ochii care nu se văd se uită
Russian: с глаз доло́й — из се́рдца вон (ru) (s glaz dolój — iz sérdca von)
Scottish Gaelic: fada bhon t-sùil, fada bhon chridhe (literally “far from the eye, far from the heart”), an rud nach cluinn cluas, cha gluais e cridhe (literally “what an ear won't hear won't move a heart”)
Slovak: zíde z očí, zíde z mysle
Spanish: ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente (literally “eyes that don't see, heart that doesn't feel”)
Swedish: ur syn, ur sinn, syns det inte finns det inte
Thai: ไกลตาไกลใจ (gail dtaa gail jai)
Turkish: gözden ırak olan gönülden de ırak olur
Urdu: نظر سے دور، دل کے قریب (nazar se dūr, dil ke qarīb, literally “out of sight, close to the heart”)
Yiddish: אויס די אויגן, אויס דעם האַרצן (oys di oygn, oys dem hartsn), דאַלי אָטשי, דאַלי סערדצע (dali otshi, dali serdtse)

out of sight, out of mind

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