flash into mind
flash into (one's) mind
To be thought of in a quick or fleeting fashion. An image of my keys on the dining room table suddenly flashed into my mind, and I remembered where I'd left them. Once the title of the song finally flashed into my mind, I blurted it out to the rest of the table. Please tell me that guy's name has flashed into your mind because I can't think of it at all.
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flash into one's mind
Fig. [for an idea or image] to enter one's mind for an instant. (See also
flash through one's mind)
A brilliant idea flashed into her mind, and she wrote it down. When the idea flashed into my mind, I closed my eyes and tried to forget it. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
Either way, images of "Goldfinger"
flash into mind, along with a baby's unwiped mouth.
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