EXPRESSIONS with MIND:
My MIND went blank
Make up my MIND
Never MIND
Bear in MIND
Do you MIND…?
I don’t MIND…..
To have nothing in MIND
• all in the/your mind (UK)
describes a problem that does not exist and is only imagined
His doctor tried to convince him that he wasn't really ill and that it was all in the mind.
• go over sth in your mind (UK)
to think repeatedly about an event that has happened
She would go over the accident again and again in her mind, wishing that she could somehow have prevented it.
• Do you mind? (UK)
said to someone when you feel annoyed with them for what they have just done or said. Do you mind? That's my seat you're sitting on!
• Mind how you go! (mainly UK informal)
said when you say goodbye to someone, meaning 'take care'
• Mind (out)! (mainly UK)
used to tell someone to move or be careful, or to warn them of danger
Mind out! We're coming through with the stretcher.
• cross your mind
If something crosses your mind, you think of it
It crossed my mind yesterday that you must be a bit short of staff - shall I send someone to help out?
• presence of mind
the ability to make good decisions and to act quickly and calmly in a difficult situation or an emergency
When the gunmen came into the bank, she had the presence of mind to press the alarm.
• Mind-blowing ( adjective)
surprising, shocking, and often difficult to understand or imagine:
The movie’s special effects are mind-blowing.
• Mind-set
a person’s attitudes or opinions resulting from earlier experiences:
I try to keep a positive mind-set even when things are hard.
• Set your mind to sth.
to be determined to do or have something:
You can lose weight if you set your mind to it.
• one-track mind
someone's tendency to think about or be interested in a single subject
• bring to mind
to make you remember something:
That music brings to mind our first date.
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