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(colloquial) To be the perpetual focus of someone's thoughts, without knowing or desiring it.

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live rent-free in someone's head

Source Word

live rent-free in someone's head

Verb

colloquial

(colloquial) To be the perpetual focus of someone's thoughts, without knowing or desiring it.

Japanese Meaning

（口語）誰かが意識していない、または望んでいないにもかかわらず、常にその人の思考の焦点となっている状態。 / （口語）無意識のうちに、決して消えることなく頭の片隅に留まり続ける現象。

Despite her efforts to move on, that old joke still manages to live rent-free in someone's head.

彼女が前に進もうと努力しても、あの古いジョークは知らないうちに誰かの頭の中にいつまでも居座っている。

Sense（1）

(colloquial) To be the perpetual focus of someone's thoughts, without knowing or desiring it.

lives rent-free in someone's head

（ present singular third-person ）

living rent-free in someone's head

（ participle present ）

lived rent-free in someone's head

（ participle past ）

lived rent-free in someone's head

（ past ）