| 词汇 | beat their brains out |
| 释义 | (redirected from beat their brains out)beat (one's) brains out1. To put forth one's maximum effort. I've been beating my brains out trying to get a passing grade this semester, so failing by two measly points is incredibly frustrating. Don't beat your brains out trying to please these people—they'll never appreciate it. 2. To physically attack one, as with punches and other blows, such that they suffer significant injury. This phrase can be used both literally and hyperbolically. I'm worried that the captain of the football team will beat my brains out if he finds out that I'm secretly seeing his girlfriend. As if I didn't feel bad enough after losing the case, my boss beat my brains out for it once I got back to the office. beat someone's brains out1. to hit or batter someone severely. She threatened to beat my brains out. Those thugs nearly beat his brains out. 2. to drive oneself hard (to accomplish something). I beat my brains out all day to clean this house, and you come in and get dirt on the car-pet! Don't beat your brains out. Just give it a good try. beat one's brains out (to do something)to try very hard to do something. If you think I'm going to beat my brains out to do this, you are crazy. I beat out my brains to do this for you! Iwon't beat my brains out again for you! beat one's brains outMake a great mental effort to understand, solve, or remember something, as in Joe's beating his brains out to finish this puzzle. Christopher Marlowe used this hyperbolic idiom in The Massacre of Paris (1593): "Guise beats his brains to catch us in his trap." Also see rack one's brains. beat your ˈbrains out(informal, especially American English) think very hard about something for a long time: I was beating my brains out all weekend trying to write the script.beat one’s brains outverbSee beat one’s brains out to do something beat one’s brains out (to do something) tv. to work hard at a task. I’m tired of beating my brains out to do what you want. beat someone’s brains out1. tv. to beat someone severely. She threatened to beat my brains out. 2. tv. to drive oneself hard (to accomplish something). I beat my brains out all day to clean this house, and you come in and track up the carpet! beat (one's) brains (out) Informal To exert or expend great mental effort: She beat her brains out during the examination. |
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