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What does "brain" mean?
In addition to the idioms beginning with brain, also see beat one's brains out; blow one's brains out; on one's mind (the brain); pick someone's brains; rack one's brains.
See brain in WNW Idioms
beat one's brains
or rack one's brains or cudgel one's brains to try hard to remember, understand, or solve something
have on the brain
to be obsessed by
pick someone's brains
to extract information, ideas, etc. from someone and use to one's own advantage
See brain in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms
beat (one's) brains (out)
Informal
To exert or expend great mental effort: She beat her brains out during the examination.
on the brain
Obsessively in mind: The coach has winning on the brain.
brain
pick (someone's) /brains
To explore another's ideas through questioning.
rack (one's) brain
Informal
To think long and hard: I racked my brain for hours trying to recall her name.
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