English Translation
I have the memory of a goldfish.
Grillo means cricket. Goldfish is pez dorado or carpa dorada.
German Translation
Ich habe ein Gedächtnis wie ein Sieb.
It’s an expression to say that someone has poor memory. In German one would compra it to a sieve, but literal translations would be confusing in such cases.
I realize that, but in the interest of leaning the correct meaning of words, I think it’s best to provide a literal as well as an idiomatic translation in such cases. Moreover, English is my native language & I’ve never even heard the expression “memory of a goldfish.” I only understood it because I already knew the meaning of the Spanish sentence.
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