to talk sth. out of my mind

PrpleI wonder if I can say: "He talked it out of my mind"

No. Maybe you mean He talked me out of it.

That is plain English, and I like it, but I have to say it sounds a bit like the speaker aimed for some established expression and missed, like a mishmash of "talked me out of it" and "put it out of my mind".

enoonThat is plain English

A Google search came up with no results for "talked it out of my mind". It doesn’t really sound native to me.

It's a tad poetical, or something, sure, but all the words are used properly, the syntax is unremarkable, and the idea is clear. We can talk things away, which is similar.

enoonall the words are used properly, the syntax is unremarkable, and the idea is clear.

Right. It’s just not very idiomatic.

Aspara GusIt doesn’t really sound native to me.

I agree.

That 'all the words are used properly, the syntax is unremarkable, and the idea is clear', as enoon wrote, does not make it natural. In fact, I am not sure that, in 'talk something out of someone's mind, all the words are being 'used properly'.

Help me out, here. Y'all seem to be saying that only cliche is good English. I contend that it is something you might hear from an inventive native speaker any day of the week.

enoon I contend that it is something you might hear from an inventive native speaker any day of the week.

Possibly but, as you said yourself, "... it sounds a bit like the speaker aimed for some established expression and missed, like a mishmash of "talked me out of it" and "put it out of my mind"."

I don't think it would be helpful for us to tell a l

fivejedjon enoon I contend that it is something you might hear from an inventive native speaker any day of the week.Possibly but, as you said yourself, "... it sounds a bit like the speaker aimed for some established expression and missed, like a mishmash of "talked me out of it" and "put it out of my mind"."I don't think it would be helpful for us to tell a learner it wa

Brilliant! Thanks!