Emotions & feelings

be stuck in someone's head

keep being remembered or mentally replayed

If something is stuck in your head, you keep remembering it or hearing it in your mind.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Why are you humming that tune?

It got stuck in my head on the way here.

Play the conversation

That catchy song has been 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 you keep hearing mentally.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be stuck in someone's head; get stuck in someone's head

Your turn: say it out loud

That catchy song has been stuck in my head since breakfast.

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

be stuck in someone's head

keep being remembered or mentally replayed

“That catchy song has been stuck in my head since breakfast.”

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