freeze in memory

freeze (someone or something) in (someone's) memory

To maintain someone or something in one's memory. I could never forget what it felt like to hold my baby for the first time—I froze that moment in my memory.
See also: freeze, memory
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

freeze someone or something in one's memory

Fig. to preserve the image of someone or something in one's memory. I tried to freeze her in my memory so I would have her with me always. I froze the scene in my memory.
See also: freeze, memory
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • freeze (someone or something) in (someone's) memory
  • be replaced by (someone or something)
  • be replaced with (someone or something)
  • be remembered as (something)
  • be remembered as/for something
  • at (one's) doorstep
  • at doorstep
  • at expense
  • at somebody's expense
  • at (one's) expense