back of one's mind

Idioms  

1. The remote part of one's mind or memory, as in With the idea of quitting in the back of his mind, he turned down the next assignment. [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

To draw the aye-aye, one must take into consideration their coarse fur, bulging eyes, scrawny single finger and over-all rat-like appearance, while keeping the superstition that surrounds it in the back of one’s mind: if an aye-aye points at you with its long finger, the legend goes, you’ve been cursed with an imminent death.

From The Guardian

Watching games live, night after night, for a decade of a team’s history leaves a trail of facts in the back of one’s mind that no amount of studying could plant there.

From Washington Post

This is known as the twins paradox, but it is a paradox only if one has the idea of absolute time at the back of one’s mind.

From Literature

Add to that the simple satisfaction that comes from solving puzzles — a reward that motivates more scientists than I first imagined, and that I think may also drive much of the public’s hunger for stories of science that one might write with that scientific detective, Sherlock Holmes, perched at the back of one’s mind.

From Scientific American

To applaud Pistorius' historic runs in the 400 at Olympic Stadium - and I was among the 80,000 spectators who did - one had to bury in the back of one's mind the whole question of whether his J-shaped prosthetic legs might somehow give him a competitive edge over his non-disabled rivals.

From Seattle Times