conspicuous by your absence
conspicuous by your absence
obviously not present in a place where you should be.
This phrase was coined by Lord John Russell in a speech made in 1859. He acknowledged as his source for the idea a passage in Tacitus describing a procession of images at a funeral : the fact that those of Cassius and Brutus were absent attracted a great deal of attention.
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