a brain drain
the movement of people with education and skills from their own country to another country where they are paid more for their work.
a brain trust
a group of people with special knowledge or skills who give advice to someone in a position of authority.
get your brain in gear
to make yourself start thinking clearly and effectively.
be pea-brained
to be very stupid
to brain someone
to hit someone hard on the head
be a scatter-brain
to forget things easily or not to think seriously about things
to cudgel one's brains
to preoccupy or fill somebody’s mind / think really hard about
Sample Sentence: Her economic situation always cudgels my brain.
Turkish Equivalence: zihnini meşgul etmek, aklına takılmak
27) The Idiom: to have a maggot in one’s brain
Meaning: to behave in inconsistent, unbalanced, immoderate and insane ways
Sample Sentence: Let him go! Do you have a maggot in your brain?
Turkish Equivalence: aklından zoru olmak
28) The Idiom: to sharpen one’s brain
Meaning: to be watchful and alert
Sample Sentence: Sharpen your brain and buy it before him.
Turkish Equivalence: gözünü açmak
29) The Idiom: to turn someone’s brain
Meaning: to get angry
Sample Sentence: Don’t turn my brain asking such nonsense questions.
Turkish Equivalence: kafsının tasını attırmak
30) The Idiom: be a addle brained
Meaning: to be stupid
Sample Sentence: I haven’t seen such a addle brained person.
Turkish Equivalence: kafasız olmak, anlayışı kıt olmak, beyinsiz olmak
31) The Idiom: to be imprinted on one’s brain/brains
Meaning: to fix an event or experience so firmly in the memory that it can not be forgatten although you do not try to remember it
Sample Sentence: That look of grief on the face of Harry is imprinted on my brain.
Turkish Equivalence: beyinlere kazınmak
32) The Idiom: to do brain blooming
Meaning: to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully
Sample Sentence: We need to some brain blooming before we prepare a detailed plan.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin fırtınası yapmak
33) The Idiom: to be a feather brained
Meaning: to be stupid, foolish
Sample Sentence: You think that he is a feather brained but actually more intelligent than all of you.
Turkish Equivalence: kafasız olmak, kuş beyinli olmak
34) The Idiom: to get something on the brain
Meaning: to talk about the same topic always and to make it a current issue in every opportunity
Sample Sentence: You get it on the brain of you. Please, lets not talk about it.
Turkish Equivalence: parmağına dolamak
35) The Idiom: brain-teaser
Meaning: a problem which is difficult but fun to solve
Sample Sentence: There two brain-teasers in today’s newspaper.
Turkish Equivalence: zeka oyunları, bulmacalar
36) The Idiom: brainchild
Meaning: a clever and original idea, plan or invention
Sample Sentence: This project is one of the our promising teachers’ brainchild.
Turkish Equivalence: parlak fikir
37) The Idiom: brain labour
Meaning: to think hard, to make effort mentally
Sample sentence: Solving these problems requires such a lot of brain labour.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin gücü
38) The Idiom: brainwash
Meaning: to make someone believe something by continually telling them that it is true and preventing any other information from reaching them
Sample Sentence: Some people are trying to brainwash the people around them in respect for their religious beliefs.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin yıkamak
39) The Idiom: brain traffic
Meaning: - thoughts and information moving through the brain
Sample Sentence: I wish I could turn off my mind when my brain traffic is too heavy.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin trafiği, aklı meşgul, yoğun olmak
40) The Idiom: Brain surgery
Meaning: If something is not brain surgery, it isn't very complicated or difficult to understand or master.
Sample Sentence: It is not a brain surgery. Please come and do it.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin ameliyatı
41) The Idiom: brain knife
Meaning: One piece stainless steel knife with brushed handle and polished blade.
Sample Sentence: Don’t forget to bring your brain knife, please.
Turkish Equivalence: keskin bıçak
42) The Idiom: to be a brainac
Meaning: to be very intelligent and brilliant person, to be a genius (slang).
Sample Sentence: Everybody knows that you are a brainac.
Turkish Equivalence: aklı bol olmak
43) The Idiom: a bird brain
Meaning: a stupid person
Sample Sentence: She is a bird brain because she can’t understand anything we say.
Turkish Equivalence: kuş beyinli olmak, kafadan kontak olmak
44) The Idiom: brainy
Meaning: very intelligent (old-fashioned, informal)
Sample Sentence: I can not expect such a brainy behaviour from a stupid like you.
Turkish Equivalence: akıllıca, zekice
be a scatter brained
Meaning: to forget things easily or not to think seriously about things
Sample Sentence: What a scatter brained you are! You are always forgeting something at home.
Turkish Equivalence: aklı dağınık olmak
26) The Idiom: to cudgel one’s brain
Meaning: to preoccupy or fill somebody’s mind
Sample Sentence: Her economic situation always cudgels my brain.
Turkish Equivalence: zihnini meşgul etmek, aklına takılmak
27) The Idiom: to have a maggot in one’s brain
Meaning: to behave in inconsistent, unbalanced, immoderate and insane ways
Sample Sentence: Let him go! Do you have a maggot in your brain?
Turkish Equivalence: aklından zoru olmak
28) The Idiom: to sharpen one’s brain
Meaning: to be watchful and alert
Sample Sentence: Sharpen your brain and buy it before him.
Turkish Equivalence: gözünü açmak
29) The Idiom: to turn someone’s brain
Meaning: to get angry
Sample Sentence: Don’t turn my brain asking such nonsense questions.
Turkish Equivalence: kafsının tasını attırmak
30) The Idiom: be a addle brained
Meaning: to be stupid
Sample Sentence: I haven’t seen such a addle brained person.
Turkish Equivalence: kafasız olmak, anlayışı kıt olmak, beyinsiz olmak
31) The Idiom: to be imprinted on one’s brain/brains
Meaning: to fix an event or experience so firmly in the memory that it can not be forgatten although you do not try to remember it
Sample Sentence: That look of grief on the face of Harry is imprinted on my brain.
Turkish Equivalence: beyinlere kazınmak
32) The Idiom: to do brain blooming
Meaning: to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully
Sample Sentence: We need to some brain blooming before we prepare a detailed plan.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin fırtınası yapmak
33) The Idiom: to be a feather brained
Meaning: to be stupid, foolish
Sample Sentence: You think that he is a feather brained but actually more intelligent than all of you.
Turkish Equivalence: kafasız olmak, kuş beyinli olmak
34) The Idiom: to get something on the brain
Meaning: to talk about the same topic always and to make it a current issue in every opportunity
Sample Sentence: You get it on the brain of you. Please, lets not talk about it.
Turkish Equivalence: parmağına dolamak
35) The Idiom: brain-teaser
Meaning: a problem which is difficult but fun to solve
Sample Sentence: There two brain-teasers in today’s newspaper.
Turkish Equivalence: zeka oyunları, bulmacalar
36) The Idiom: brainchild
Meaning: a clever and original idea, plan or invention
Sample Sentence: This project is one of the our promising teachers’ brainchild.
Turkish Equivalence: parlak fikir
37) The Idiom: brain labour
Meaning: to think hard, to make effort mentally
Sample sentence: Solving these problems requires such a lot of brain labour.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin gücü
38) The Idiom: brainwash
Meaning: to make someone believe something by continually telling them that it is true and preventing any other information from reaching them
Sample Sentence: Some people are trying to brainwash the people around them in respect for their religious beliefs.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin yıkamak
39) The Idiom: brain traffic
Meaning: - thoughts and information moving through the brain
Sample Sentence: I wish I could turn off my mind when my brain traffic is too heavy.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin trafiği, aklı meşgul, yoğun olmak
40) The Idiom: Brain surgery
Meaning: If something is not brain surgery, it isn't very complicated or difficult to understand or master.
Sample Sentence: It is not a brain surgery. Please come and do it.
Turkish Equivalence: beyin ameliyatı
41) The Idiom: brain knife
Meaning: One piece stainless steel knife with brushed handle and polished blade.
Sample Sentence: Don’t forget to bring your brain knife, please.
Turkish Equivalence: keskin bıçak
42) The Idiom: to be a brainac
Meaning: to be very intelligent and brilliant person, to be a genius (slang).
Sample Sentence: Everybody knows that you are a brainac.
Turkish Equivalence: aklı bol olmak
43) The Idiom: a bird brain
Meaning: a stupid person
Sample Sentence: She is a bird brain because she can’t understand anything we say.
Turkish Equivalence: kuş beyinli olmak, kafadan kontak olmak
44) The Idiom: brainy
Meaning: very intelligent (old-fashioned, informal)
Sample Sentence: I can not expect such a brainy behaviour from a stupid like you.
Turkish Equivalence: akıllıca, zekice