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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Mid-1500s] rack one's brain Also, cudgel one's brains. Strain to remember or find
a solution, as in I 've been racking my brain trying to recall where we put the key,
or He's been cudgeling his brains all day over this problem. The first term, first ...
... advise with one's pillow. rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's
brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's
wits to work. harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea
&c.
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Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions: Together with Death's Duell
... chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's
pillow. rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's
brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work. harbor
an ...
John Donne, William Henry Draper, Izaak Walton, 1926
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IF I CAN YOU CAN LEARN ENGLISH TOO!
Cudgel one's brains: To think seriously. You must cudgel your brain to get the
correct answer. On the brains: To be pre-occupied. He does not want to play; he
has something on the brains. BREAD Bread: Livelihood. We have to work hard
for ...
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The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective: Culture, Body, ...
... xin-liang (eye-light heart-bright) 'see and think clearly; be sharp-eyed and clear
-headed' sha-fei xin-ji (very much-spend heart-scheme) 'cudgel one's brains; rack
one's brains' yan-hua xin-luan (eye-blurred heart-messy) 'one's eyes not clear ...
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their brains for ways and means of finding the money. ItfeffllE to cudgel one's
brains E CUDGEL * to have something on the brain •O'P^Lfk ; ^^^^.S* (Recently
my ...
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A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel ...
Scheme, v. a. Plan, contrive, project, plot, devise, design, imagine, frame.
Scheme, v. n. Intrigue, plot, plan, contrive, set one's wits to work, rack one's brains
, cudgel one's brains, strain one's invention. SCHEMER SCORN Schemer, n.
Planner ...
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A Dictionary of Cliches
Pellucid; eminently clear; sun-clear (itself a much overused phrase at one period,
but too soon discarded to qualify as a cliché): C. 20. cudgel one's brains, to; to
rack one's brains . To think hard; to try very hard to contrive some thing or end: C.
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Good News, Babylon: The Mysteries, Miracles, and Secret ...
Dual intent for Lucia could be, to "cudgel one's brains," beat your brains out or
thinking very hard to solve a problem, or to beat someone or something literally
or figuratively. Cuddy or Cuddie, is a donkey or blockhead. Stubborn. Cuddle, is
to ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
The child cuddled up to her mother. cudgel one's brains vras mendjen □ Hard as
I cudgelled my brains, I couldn 't remember her name. □ You don't know the
answer? Well, cudgel your brains to find it. cup of tea gjeja qe pelqej, qe me
terheq; ...
