Смысл: aide-memoire

aide-mémoire[͵eıdmemʹwɑ:]
n фр.
<Í> 1. дип. памятная записка
2. запись, заметка для памяти, памятка на календарном листке

get the memo Идиома

if my memory serves me correctly

if I can remember well, if I have a good memory Your name is Jose - if my memory serves me correctly.

in memory of

as a reminder of, as a memorial to We decided to put our money together and buy a painting in memory of our grandfather.

jog your memory

do or say something to help you remember This photo of your dog may jog your memories of the old days.

know sth from memory

Idiom(s): know sth from memory

Theme: KNOWLEDGE

to have memorized something so that one does not have to consult a written version; to know something well from seeing it very often.
• Mary didn't need the script because she knew the play from memory.
• The conductor went through the entire concert without music. He knew it from memory.

commit sth to memory

Idiom(s): commit sth to memory

Theme: REMEMBER

to memorize something.
• We all committed the Gettysburg Address to memory.
• I committed to memory the whole list of names and numbers.

Jog my memory

If you jog someone's memory, you say words that will help someone trying to remember a thought, event, word, phrase, experience, etc.

Memory like a sieve

If somebody can't retain things for long in his or her memory and quickly forgets, he or she has a memory like a sieve. A sieve has lots of tiny holes in it to let liquids out while keeping the solids inside.

Memory like an elephant

'An elephant never forgets' is a saying, so if a person has a memory like an elephant, he or she has a very good memory indeed.

Since time immemorial

If something has happened since time immemorial, it's been going on for such a long time that nobody can remember a time without it.

Stroll down memory lane

If you take a stroll down memory lane, you talk about the past or revisit places that were important to you in the past. (You can also 'take a trip down memory lane'.)

get the memo

1. Literally, to accept a abbreviate bulletin absolute information, abnormally in an appointment or workplace. Did you get the announcement the bang-up beatific around? We're declared to accommodated for a team-building exercise afterwards lunch.2. By extension, to become acquainted of or abreast about a situation, abnormally one that best or abounding added bodies apperceive about already. Often acclimated in or with a negative. Johnny's been dating Sam for over a ages now? I assumption I didn't get the memo. You're afraid that a behemothic association ethics its profits over ecology concerns? Didn't you get the memo?Learn more: get

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