if memory serves

English

Alternative forms

• if memory serves right

Phrase

if memory serves

1. If I have correctly remembered the details.

   Synonym: as memory serves

   • 1954, The Accountant, volume 130, page xxxiii:

     But A. P. H. has told us how he has demonstrated, at least twice, that indeed a cheque need not be on paper. Once, if memory serves, he used a table napkin; on the other occasion it was the label of an almost empty wine bottle.

Translations

Translations

Dutch: als ik me goed herinner Finnish: muistaakseni, jos oikein muistan French: si ma mémoire est bonne (fr) German: (idiomatic, but slightly elevated) wenn ich mich recht entsinne, (more informal) wenn ich mich richtig erinnere, wenn ich es richtig im Kopf habe Italian: se ben ricordo Polish: jeśli dobrze pamiętam, jeśli mnie pamięć nie myli Portuguese: se a memória não me falha, se bem me lembro Russian: если память не изменяет (ru) (jesli pamjatʹ ne izmenjajet) Scottish Gaelic: mas math mo chuimhne Spanish: si mal no me acuerdo

See also

• if I'm not mistaken