Talk:have a mind like a sieve

RFD discussion: December 2019–March 2020
Delete entry content and redirect to. You can have pretty much anything: skeletons in the closet, bats in the belfry, etc. The have isn't the important part, nor is it mandatory ("I've got a mind like..." is possible). We already redirect the similar. We'll have to do something with the translations though (just delete them if also SoP?). Equinox ◑ 23:13, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete DCDuring (talk) 14:51, 24 December 2019 (UTC)


 * If GBS results can be trusted, the original simile is the one with memory: 1812: “here is a corrupt memory, like a cage of unclean birds; or like a sieve which lets the precious liquor run out”; 1822: “there are some whose memory is like a sieve”; 1839: “ Memory is like a sieve, that holds the bran, lets the flour go”; 1863: “My memory is just like a sieve”. All these are before the first reported use with mind: 1869: “your mind is just like a sieve; as fast as I pour water in, it runs out again”. --Lambiam 19:50, 24 December 2019 (UTC)


 * RFD-deleted and redirected. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 22:56, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Since was itself a redirect to, I copypasted the latter entry's content with the necessary adaptations. PUC 00:10, 22 March 2020 (UTC)