"on the brain" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on the brain.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the brain, {{en-PP}} on the brain
  1. (idiomatic) Obsessively in mind. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Obsessively in mind): im Kopf (German), im Schädel (note: in neg. context) (German), на уме́ (na umé) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-on_the_brain-en-prep_phrase-3-1WWXzt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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