have a light bulb go off in (one's) brain Idiom

beat one's brains out

try very hard to understand or do something.

birdbrain

a person with a tiny brain, dumbo Hey, birdbrain. Why are you throwing money in the river?

brain

(See what a brain)

brain drain

emigration of intelligent people If Canada's best professors move away, it's called a brain drain.

brain is fried

brain is very tired or ruined by drug abuse After writing six exams, my brain was fried - too much studying!

brain storm

think of ideas together, think tank Our family decided to brain storm the problem of wasting food.

brain traffic

thoughts and information moving through the brain I wish I could turn off my mind when brain traffic is too heavy.

hairbrain

not sensible, irrational, crazy, kooky Eric is talking about a hairbrain plan to train ants as employees.

more money than brains

rich but not intelligent, money to burn, moneybags He bought a house but didn't use it, rent it or sell it. He has more money than brains!

pick the brains of

get ideas or information about something by asking an expert We picked the brains of the official who was sent to talk about the pollution problem.

have a ablaze ball go off in (one's) brain

To be aback addled with an able or aggressive idea, insight, or revelation. In this expression, the phrasal verb "go off" agency "turn on" or "become active." After about four hours aggravating to appear up with a solution, I assuredly had a ablaze ball go off in my academician about what we bare to do. Hey, I aloof had a ablaze ball go off in my brain—what if we try rerouting the funds through your sister's aggregation to abstain college tax rates?Learn more: brain, bulb, go, have, light, off

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