Daily life

be stuck in your head

remain in your thoughts

If something is stuck in your head, you keep thinking about it repeatedly, especially a song or tune.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Why are you humming that tune?

I can't help it; it's stuck in my head.

Play the conversation

I've had that silly jingle stuck in my head since breakfast.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: That song is stuck on my head.

Say: That song is stuck in my head.

Use "in my head," not "on my head," for something that keeps repeating in your thoughts.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be stuck in my/your/their head; get stuck in someone's head

Your turn: say it out loud

I've had that silly jingle stuck in my head since breakfast.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be stuck in your head

remain in your thoughts

“I've had that silly jingle stuck in my head since breakfast.”

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