A long time ago, when Montag was a little kid, some older cousin of his told him he would get a dime if he could fill up his sieve with sand. Of course, that is impossible as long as the sieve's holes are big enough. So Montag got his hands burned by the hot sand and totally failed to fill the sieve -- he kept pouring sand in and it kept staying empty.
You can say this is a metaphor for what happens with Montag and books. He is trying to fill his mind with what the books mean, but he does not really know how to do that yet. He has not fully gotten rid of the "holes" the society has put in his mind. Maybe once he totally breaks away from society, he will be able to understand.
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