не приходило в голову

didn't occur to

→ не

phrase Rare #45,769

didn't occur to The person it didn't occur to is expressed in the dative, as in «Мне не приходило в голову» (It didn't occur to me).

RU: Мне не приходило в голову, что он может быть болен.

EN: It didn't occur to me that he might be sick.