An Elephant Never Forgets humorous sentence
In this idiom, the elephant is used to compare with a person because actually elephants do have strong abilities to recall people, places, and behavior.
To imply one who has a good memory
Don't lie to Jake. He can remember exactly what happened last night. An elephant never forgets.
Liza: Did you remember to buy breakfast for us? Emily: Of course, an elephant never forgets.
She will not forgive you for what you have done to her because an elephants never forget.
Said when one is looking back on something enjoyable or worthwhile in the moment that it was happening even though it was impermanent
To make someone recall something.
To make someone remember something
If you say something slips your memory/mind, you mean that it is forgotten.
"An elephant never forgets" may be derive from the an older expression ‘A camel never forgets an injury.’ due to the similarieties in the words and sentence structure. The phrase was found the first time in the Wagga Wagga Advertiser newspaper, February 1883:
“And depend upon it such ill-used men like the Delhi elephant, never forget the sting, and seize the first available opportunity for bespattering the reporters with mud.”
To say the same thing repeatedly
Ok, I get it! You sound like a broken record, seriously!