Handy expressions for remembering and forgetting things.

The biggest lie I tell myself is 'I don't need to write it down, I'll remember it!'

Let’s talk about memory this time! I've compiled another list of handy expressions for remembering and forgetting things.

🟢 REMEMBERING

- As I recall …

- If my memory serves me well/right/correctly …

- If I’m not mistaken …

- If I remember correctly …

- Come to think of it …

- As far as I can remember …

- That brings to mind …

- Unless I’m mistaken …

- I have a vague / hazy recollection of …

- That rings a bell.

- I have memories of …

- I can clearly/vividly/distinctly remember …

- I’ll never forget when …

- I will never live that down.

- It’s coming back to me now.

- It's on the tip of my tongue.

- I’ve got it down pat.

FORGETTING

- I lost my train of thought.

- My mind’s gone blank.

- I’m drawing a blank here.

- I’m blanking on [the name].

- I cannot for the life of me remember…

- I can't remember off the top of my head.

- That doesn’t ring a bell.

- It (completely) slipped my mind.

- It escaped my memory.

- I’m having a senior moment.

- I’ve got a short memory.

- I have a brain like a sieve these days!

- I have memory of a goldfish.

- I’d forget my head if it wasn’t attached!

- It goes in one ear and out the other.