单词 | boggle the mind |
释义 | boggle the mindSEE SYNONYMS FOR boggle the mind ON THESAURUS.COM Bewilder or astonish with complexity, novelty, or the like, as in The very magnitude of the Milky Way boggles the mind. The source of this usage is unclear, as the verb to boggle has several other seemingly unrelated meanings—to shy away, to hesitate, to bungle. [Second half of 1900s] Words nearby boggle the mindboggart, bogger, bogging, boggle, boggler, boggle the mind, boggy, Boghazköy, boghead coal, bog hole, bogie The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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