At the back of my mind vs in the back of my head

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They convey the idea that something is remembered or considered, though with slightly different nuances. 'At the back of my mind' suggests a thought or idea that is not at the forefront of one's thoughts but is still present, while 'in the back of my head' implies that something is retained or remembered, even if not actively.

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At the back of my mind

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe thoughts or ideas that are not at the forefront of one's mind but are still present or remembered.

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I have such a case at the back of my mind.
Like a presence lurking at the back of my mind.
"Man Pushes wife Into Incoming Traffic"... because at the back of my mind,
But lurking at the back of my mind... was an unspoken fear that we'd already scaled the heights... of our it would all be downhill from now on.
Now concentrate and project that onto the back of my mind.
With the back of my mind.
I always had my father's place in the back of my mind.
In the back of my mind... a warning bell was ringing.
It stayed in the back of my mind, but I was just too busy to worry about it at the time.
I can feel her in the back of my mind somewhere like a trapped animal rattIing her cage.
In the back of my mind I always figured if the business went very well we would expand.
It's in the back of my mind, actually.
But I stuck it in the back of my mind because it's a very horrible thing to think about.
And even now I feel that way, and yet, somewhere in the back of my mind, something tells me it's not true.
Just an idea in the back of my mind.
But, I don't know, deep inside she's like this... melody that keeps playing in the back of my mind.
I have this thought in the back of my mind that I might lose a limb.
Tyra, who's, like, embedded in the back of my mind.
I didn't want to believe it, so I put it to the back of my mind.
It's like something in the back of my mind, rattling away.

Alternatives:

in the back of my mind
in the back of my head
in the back of my thoughts
at the back of my thoughts

in the back of my head

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to convey the idea of something being thought about or remembered, even if not actively, similar to 'at the back of my mind.'

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And I still got a bald spot in the back of my head.
I don't have eyes in the back of my head, I can't hear a flea walking, I am not in any way superman.
But there's this... Voice in the back of my head that just keeps reminding me I might not be around long enough to do any of it.
I used to be like you, ignoring the voice in the back of my head telling me to listen to my heart.
I had 12 stitches in the back of my head.
If you're going to put a bullet in the back of my head, just do it.
And the fact that you could do that again sits in the back of my head somewhere.
The... the way these people work... if I don't close the deal, they'll put a bullet in the back of my head, and they'll find another guy to do it.
You know, this is the first time I've ever been at Moe's without that little voice in the back of my head saying,
If I work with you, there will always be this little voice in the back of my head -
"And I'm not even talking about you behind me, because I've got eyes in the back of my head."
You think you oWe me, think maybe I should groW eyes in the back of my head?
You know the one. (Laughter) "And I'm not even talking about you behind me, because I've got eyes in the back of my head." (Laughter) You know that teacher?
It's in the back of my head.
I'm hearing an irritating, piercing voice in the back of my head.
I know, I can feel his eyes in the back of my head.
I'm told I have eyes in the back of my head... but I didn't even see you guys coming.
You had a bomb in the back of my head.
Telling him you put a bullet in the back of my head.
Then, this insane idea comes in the back of my head, like a. slug at close range.

Alternatives:

at the back of my mind
in the back of my mind
at the back of my thoughts
in the back of my thoughts

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