Everyday English

stick in your head

remain easy to remember

If something sticks in your head, you remember it clearly or keep thinking about it, often without trying.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Why are you humming that tune?

It stuck in my head after I heard it on the radio.

Play the conversation

The melody from that advert has been stuck in my head since yesterday.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: That tune has been stuck on my mind all day.

Say: That tune has been stuck in my head all day.

The usual expression is stuck in your head; on your mind is a different expression.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

stick in your head; be stuck in your head; stick in someone's head

Your turn: say it out loud

The melody from that advert has been stuck in my head since yesterday.

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

stick in your head

remain easy to remember

“The melody from that advert has been stuck in my head since yesterday.”

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