prey on mind

prey on somebody's mind

if something preys on someone's mind, they worry about it for a long time I lost my temper with her the other day and it's been preying on my mind ever since.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Evert	E-vərt	Dutch
OŽBej	-	Slovene
Saule	-	Latvian, Baltic Mythology
Eitan	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Margareta	mahr-gah-RE-tah (German), MAHR-gah-re-tah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian
Quin	KWIN	English (Rare)