if they are thinking about it it`s at the front of their mind.....i think i`ve confused myself with this Q
2006-12-09 05:20:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
You're right. Most people are lying when they say that what they are about to say has been at the "back" of their minds. It has been at the front of their minds and what they want to say is meant to advance some plan of theirs. By telling you that the idea has been at the "back" of their minds, they are trying to hide their true motives and obscure the importance of your choices to their own plans. They want to present some of your options as being most favorable to you, when, in fact, your doing precisely those things is most favorable to them.
2006-12-09 05:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally this means that it is something someone just cannot remember the answer to although they know the answer they just cannot think right at that moment in time when asked what it is. That is why they say back of the mind as they cannot get it to the front.
2006-12-09 05:56:21 · answer #2 · answered by linda_corby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a Nice Day --- youv,e screwed it up for me - I don,t know whats at the Front Or the Back of my Mind Perhaps I,m now "Mindless" Good Luck to you
2006-12-09 06:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Various reasons. They're trying to kill time...they think it makes whatever crazy idea they're about to say more subtle. It's an incorrect expression, seeing as the back of your mind would probably be your sub-concience. As in, what you dream? Why does anyone say anything? Answer to life--ask another question.
2006-12-09 06:41:10 · answer #4 · answered by slanderer of names 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it because the primal basic parts of the brain like the thalmus is at the back whereas the consious thinking parts were developed later and so are nearer the front?
2006-12-09 07:17:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's basically saying they have not givin it much thought. We don't say front of the mind because it don't sound right really .
2006-12-09 05:23:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it started at the back and creeped it's way around to the front.
2006-12-09 05:22:43 · answer #7 · answered by MsFancy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the answer in the back of my mind.
2006-12-09 05:22:47 · answer #8 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its jus a figure of speech its in the back of my mind mens that your tryin to remember it
2006-12-09 05:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it refers to something that has been bothering them for awhile!@
2006-12-09 05:23:29 · answer #10 · answered by nswblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋