Sieve

Seeing a sieve in a dream indicates a knowledgeable, experienced, mature, and strong person who will appear before the dreamer. Whoever sifts things will attain a good position in society.

Seeing in a dream that the sieve is of no use means that the dreamer’s closest friends will gossip about him.

Seeing oneself sifting something unrelated with a sieve, other than flour or something similar, indicates that one will be occupied with a matter that benefits neither oneself nor others.

Seeing oneself finish the work of the sieve and put it away, as expressed in the idiom “to sift one’s flour and hang up one’s sieve,” indicates that one has completed a task belonging to another person.

According to another narration: Seeing oneself sifting with a sieve in a dream indicates that the dreamer will succeed in a matter he undertakes. Some interpreters have said that flour indicates that the person is open-handed and wasteful. Other interpreters have said that, to the extent of the flour sifted, one will suffer a loss in one’s possessions or money.

If the thing being sifted does not collect below but mingles with dust and smoke, this indicates that the dreamer is occupied with futile matters.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a sieve in a dream indicates one who sorts out secrets and distinguishes the good from the bad, or a servant.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a sieve in a dream indicates knowledge, discernment, honour, rank, and distinguishing truth from falsehood. In a dream, a sieve resembles a detector that separates genuine banknotes from counterfeit ones, a person who chooses his words carefully, a meticulous person who selects the kind of work he does, or a selective buyer; it may also resemble a pious person, or represent a comb. If a sieve is given as security or in exchange for a promissory note in a dream, it indicates that the person leaving something in trust will not keep his word, for a sieve cannot hold water.

It can be read as a sign of easing, receiving support, gaining morale, or a fruitful development.

Underestimating opportunities, succumbing to comfort, or being late may reduce the positive effect.

In the interpretation, the themes of work and responsibility, success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.