Out of Sight, Out of Mind
WiktionaryText
Proverb
- When something is not nearby, it is forgotten about.
Usage notes
It has been speculated by Richard Lederer that when this proverb was fed through a translating machine through Chinese and back to English, the resulting phrase was "invisible, insane". [Refer to http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/txt/s1512903.htm for details.]