Meaning: acute brain disorder

n.
any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)

light bulb goes on in (one's) brain Idiom, Proverb

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.

a ablaze ball goes on in (one's) brain

One is aback addled with an able or aggressive idea, insight, or revelation. We spent hours aggravating to appear up with a solution, back aback a ablaze ball went on in my brain. I kept agriculture him attenuate hints about the accuracy of the matter, cat-and-mouse for a ablaze ball to go on in his brain.Learn more: brain, bulb, goes, light, on

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