Run through your mind

There’s something in your head and you can’t stop thinking about it.

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Idiom: Run through your mind

Here, we have another little expression for something you can’t get out of your head.

If you have something running through your mind, you either can’t stop thinking about it or, if it’s a song, you can’t stop singing it.

Remember a few days ago, I introduced the word nag, and I gave the example of The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars?

Well, it’s the same thing.

When a song runs through your mind, you can sing it aloud or silently in your head.

No matter what you do, the song is in there, and you can’t get it out.

This expression is also used in a cheesy pick-up line some desperate guys use at bars.

Let me tell you how it works.

So, a sorry-looking guy finds a pretty girl in a bar.

He wants to talk to her but has no talent for breaking the ice.

Finally, he builds up the courage to speak with her.

While she’s standing at the bar waiting for her drink, he moves in next to her.

Then he makes eye contact and says, ‘You must be tired.’

Of course, she’ll give him a dirty look, but she’ll also say, ‘Why do you say that?’

That’s it; he’s in.

It’s now time to drop the second half – ‘because you’ve been running through my mind all night long.’

At this point, the girl rolls her eyes, walks away, and never looks back.

The guy is left standing at the bar, wondering what happened.

In case you’re wondering, I never used that line.

I first saw my wife-to-be in a crowded restaurant.

I brought over a dessert and placed it on her table.

When she looked up at me, I said, ‘This is for you because you’re so sweet.’

We lived happily ever after.

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