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  • 101rack one's brains — THINK HARD, concentrate, cudgel one s brains; informal scratch one s head. → rack * * * rack one s brains To use one s memory or reasoning powers to the utmost • • • Main Entry: ↑rack * * * rack (or wrack) one s brains (or brain) make a great… …

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  • 102beat one's brains out — phrasal or beat one s brains : to cudgel one s brain : try continually and energetically to think out something difficult * * * beat one s brains or beat one s brains out To puzzle about something • • • Main Entry: ↑beat …

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  • 103beat one's brains — phrasal see beat one s brains out * * * beat one s brains or beat one s brains out To puzzle about something • • • Main Entry: ↑beat …

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  • 104beat someone's brains out — (slang) 1. To kill by hitting repeatedly on the head 2. To subject to a vicious beating • • • Main Entry: ↑beat * * * beat/bash/someone’s brains out informal …

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  • 105beat/bash someone's brains out — (or US beat/bash someone s brains in) informal : to hit someone on the head in a way that causes serious injury or death : to beat someone very badly They threatened to beat my brains in if I ever came here again. • • • Main Entry: ↑brain …

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  • 106cudgel your brain/brains — informal + old fashioned : to think very hard : to rack your brain I cudgeled my brains for a solution to the problem. • • • Main Entry: ↑brain cudgel your brain/brains see ↑brain, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑cudgel …

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  • 107get one's brains fried — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {also used colloquially} 1. To sit in the sun and sunbathe for an excessive length of time. * /Newcomers to Hawaii should be warned not to sit in the sun too long they ll get their brains fried./ 2. To get high on drugs. * /He …

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  • 108get one's brains fried — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {also used colloquially} 1. To sit in the sun and sunbathe for an excessive length of time. * /Newcomers to Hawaii should be warned not to sit in the sun too long they ll get their brains fried./ 2. To get high on drugs. * /He …

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  • 109Tricky Brains — Infobox Film name = Tricky Brains image size = caption = director = Wong Jing producer = Jimmy Heung writer = Wong Jing narrator = starring = Stephen Chow Andy Lau Rosamund Kwan Ng Man Tat Wong Jing Chingmy Yau Waise Lee music = cinematography =… …

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  • 110Live (Bad Brains album) — Infobox Album Name = Live Type = Live album Artist = Bad Brains Released = 1988 Recorded = Genre = Alternative rock Label = SST Records Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg sql=10:aifwxql5ldhe T1… …

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