memories come flooding back
воспоминания нахлынули
to remember sth vividly
помнить ясно
Nothing springs to mind
Can't come up with an idea or memory
memory lapse
when you forget what you should remember
a senior moment
to have a lapse in memory, usually unexpectedly
It's etched on my memory
впечаталось в память
I clean forgot
absolutely forgot
can't remember for the life of me
хоть убей не помню
to bring back a lot of memories
вызывать много воспоминаний
lose your train of thought
to forget what you were saying because of an interruption
miles away
unaware of what is happening or what someone is saying
on the tip of my tongue
a word or name that you can almost remember but not quite - it's just out of reach
to hold lots of memories
хранить воспоминания (E.g. This place holds a lot of memories for me.)
to have a hazy recollection of ...
have only vague memories of...
to jog someone's memory
to help someone remember something
off the top of your head
not a carefully considered opinion often because of a lack of time to check the accuracy of the information
slip my mind
to forget something
a memory like a sieve
a really bad memory
in one ear and out the other
to not remember something, to not pay attention to something
a blast from the past
a person or thing that reminds you of an earlier time in the past