to get stuck in my head
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5.8
- phrasal verb
:
no poder sacarme de la cabeza
- Whenever I watch that movie, the song gets stuck in my head for days.
Examples
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It just got stuck in my head this week and caused me all sorts of doubts and jealousy that I didn't expect.
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That catchy melody always gets stuck in my head after I hear it on the radio.
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For what it's worth, I think all the music you used was great overall, but that one track in particular got stuck in my head.
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For me, it is leaving my body and then getting stuck in my head, thinking all kinds of terrible things, right?
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Words and thoughts get stuck in her head, particularly ones that make her unhappy.
Fiction book (1998) -
Arrived, it has turned into one of those earworms that will get stuck in your head for days on end.
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It will get stuck in your head, I warn you.
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This is one of those great classic crooner songs that just gets stuck in your head and makes you feel all dizzy and romantic.
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I remember the teacher would always play the local 'Mixed Hits' radio station to lull us to sleep, but one song got stuck in my head and I would not stop singing it.
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With a catchy chorus that can easily get stuck in your head, she wanted people to sing, 'I'm in love with Judas'; she wanted Judas to get the glory on Easter week.
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Synonyms
304
5.5
To think about something so much that it makes you worried
Antonyms
How Persistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
get + stuck + in + mine + head
The meaning 'to be repeatedly and involuntarily thought of' is directly derivable from combining 'get' (become), 'stuck' (unable to move), and 'in my head' (in one's mind), producing a clear image of something lodged in the mind. This mental-stuck metaphor is cross-linguistically common and follows a regular compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Get stuck in my head comes from the image of something stuck on your head, like a bit of gum that you cannot take off, so it keeps bothering you. That's why it means 'to keep thinking about a song or idea'.