Slip One's Mind

Slip One’s Mind

Welcome to English in a Minute!

When you ‘‘slip” you fall down.

But how does something slip from your mind?

Let’s listen to Anna and Jonathan:

Look at this beautiful cake I made for the dinner party!

Oh no, is that tonight?

Yes! Didn’t you make something?

No, it totally slipped my mind!

If you say something “slipped your mind” you forgot about it.

You can say this about an event, a task or a personal detail about someone such as their name.

People often say words like ‘‘completely’’ or “totally’’ before this expression.

It totally slipped my mind!

That completely slipped my mind!

And that’s English in a Minute!