leak like a sieve

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)

1. (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.