have somebody/something on the brain

have (someone or something) on the brain

To be thinking of someone repeatedly over a period of time; to have someone at the front of the mind. I had Alice on the brain today, and she just called me, can you believe it? Do you want Italian or Chinese tonight? I know dinner is hours away, but I just have food on the brain. The strange history of this town has been on my brain ever since high school. I'd love to write a book or play about it.

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have something on the brain

be obsessed with something. informal

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have somebody/something on the ˈbrain

(informal) think and/or talk a lot or too much about somebody/something: You do nothing but talk about your job; you’ve got work on the brain!

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have something on the brain

tv. to be obsessed with something. (Have got can replace have.) I have money on the brain, I guess.

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