Daily life

keep something in your head

remember without writing it down

To keep something in your head means to remember it without writing it down.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Do you know the train times?

No, I can't keep every detail in my head.

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I write down my passwords because I can't keep them all in my head.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I can't keep all my appointments on my head.

Say: I can't keep all my appointments in my head.

The fixed preposition is 'in', not 'on'.

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How it fits in a sentence.

keep something in your head; can't keep something in my head

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I write down my passwords because I can't keep them all in my head.

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

keep something in your head

remember without writing it down

“I write down my passwords because I can't keep them all in my head.”

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