one's mind is on smth.

one's mind is on smth.
(one's mind is (или runs) on smth)
он (она и т. д.) интересуется чем-л., думает о чём-л.

I am so far gone, that I can hardly speak, even of what my mind most runs on. (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Haunted Man’, ch. II) — я тяжко болен и не могу говорить даже о том, что меня волнует более всего.

Sordid and selfish I knew it was, and as I tortured myself by knowing that it was, let my mind run on my own distress so much. (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. XXXV) — Жалкий я был эгоист, и я знал это и мучился тем, что так много думаю о собственном несчастье.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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