Out of Sight, Out of Mind——眼不見，心不煩

** it is easy to forget people or things that are no longer present or visible

很容易忘記不再存在或不再可見的人或事物

// you're likely to be overlooked if you don't make your presence visible

如果你不讓自己被人注意到，你就很可能會被人忘記。

~~ 看不到，就想不到；眼不見，心不煩；眼不見，心不想；看不見就不會想起；眼不見為淨

~~ outta sight, outta mind; what is absent is soon forgotten; long absent soon forgotten; something not nearby is forgotten; something not seen is forgotten; out of sight, out of touch; out of sight, out of consciousness; ignorance is bliss

!! The proverb has been traced to the late thirteenth century Proverbs of Alfred: "For he that is not belooken is soon forgotten."

這句諺語可以追溯到十三世紀晚期Alfred的箴言：“對於那些不被看見的人，很快就會被遺忘。”

!! The earliest English appearance is in a 1450 translation of Thomas A Kempis's The Imitation of Christ: "Whan man is out of sight, sone he passeth out of mynde."

最早出現的英文是在Thomas A Kempis的一四五○年譯本“效法基督”:“當人離開視線時，他很快就會被人遺忘。”

>> While the media focuses on Gaza's ceasefire, the Ukraine war is an out of sight, out of mind conflict.

當媒體關注加沙停火時，烏克蘭戰爭是一場“看不到就想不到”的衝突。

>> Without media attention, the refugee crisis quickly becomes out of sight, out of mind.

如果沒有媒體關注，難民危機很快就會被淡忘。

學勤教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授