leak like a sieve

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English

Verb

leak like a sieve (third-person singular simple present leaks like a sieve, present participle leaking like a sieve, simple past and past participle leaked like a sieve)

(simile, informal) To be very leaky.

See also

mind like a sieve

Further reading

“leak like a sieve”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“leak like a sieve” (US) / “leak like a sieve” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

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