2006-11-23 04:55:55 · 4 answers · asked by tam cowan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Empty-headed???
2006-11-23 20:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by rjr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm constantly being told that I have a memory like a sieve. It means that any information just slips right through. I think it's a lot more widely used than just by the Irish or Scots though. I believe it's an expression which is common in the English speaking world.
2006-11-27 07:47:56 · answer #2 · answered by What's It All About, Shakespeare? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahh, my grandmother used to call people 'sieve-heads' if they had bad memories. For instance, when she forgot someone's names, she would say, 'oh dear, I have a head like a sieve,' meaning that everything that goes into her head goes out the other way. I think that it's a Irish-Scots dialect word, because I've never heard anyone who wasn't a fellow Scot or an Irish person using it.
2006-11-24 15:40:51 · answer #3 · answered by carnation-soul 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Somebody unable to retain information
2006-11-25 03:57:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋