on the brain

idiom

informal
: always in one's thoughts
I've had pizza on the brain all day.
He's got sex on the brain.

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People don’t tend to take photos to remember the bad times, but negative images do have a unique impact on the brain. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 What experts do know is acetaminophen works solely on the central nervous system, while NSAIDs work on the brain and the body as a whole. Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025 Storm survived but suffered bruising and cuts to her body and was treated for bleeding on the brain. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 The intensive care doctor who treated the boy told detectives the child arrived at the hospital in cardiac arrest, with a traumatic brain injury, including bleeding on the brain, bleeding of the eyes and a broken left leg, the report states. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on the brain

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“On the brain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20brain. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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