{"id":2053,"date":"2017-04-01T17:15:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T17:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2017-04-01T17:15:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T17:15:15","slug":"head-and-mind-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/head-and-mind-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"Head and mind idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some idiomatic expressions involving the word head, brains or mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be able to do something standing on your head<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are able to do something standing on your head, you are able to do it quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is able to sketch portraits standing on her head.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Absent-minded<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be absent minded is to be forgetful.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My son is very absent-minded and always forgets his things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All in (one&#8217;s) mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If a problem is all in one\u2019s mind, it is merely a figment of imagination and does not exist.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The conflict between Julie and her husband is all in her mind. It does not exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>At one\u2019s wit\u2019s end<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are at your wit\u2019s end, you are in a stressful situation where you don\u2019t know what to do next.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am at my wit\u2019s end. I don\u2019t know how to solve this problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bang one\u2019s head against a brick wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To bang your head against a brick wall is to waste your time trying to do something impossible.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My neighbour does not respect my need for privacy. I am banging my head against a brick wall trying to make her understand.<\/li>\n<li>I am beating my head against a brick wall trying to understand what my wife wants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Beat one\u2019s brains out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To beat your brains out is to work very hard.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We beat our brains out but we couldn\u2019t find a good name for the book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Beat something into someone\u2019s head<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To beat something into someone\u2019s head is to force someone to learn something by repeating it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The teacher tried to beat the formula into the student\u2019s head.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bite someone\u2019s head off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To bite someone\u2019s head off is to speak to them angrily.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I went to my neighbour to apologize for my mistake but she bit my head off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blow one\u2019s top<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To blow one\u2019s top is to become very angry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My father blew his top when he discovered that I had failed my test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blow someone\u2019s mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To blow someone\u2019s mind is to overwhelm them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The video blew my mind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blow up in one\u2019s face<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When something blows up in one\u2019s face, it ends or fails unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Namitha had always wanted to be a doctor, but her dreams blew up in her face when she failed to clear the entrance test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blue in the face<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are blue in the face, you are very angry or upset.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He argued with his wife until both of them were blue in the face.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some idiomatic expressions involving the word head, brains or mind. 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