| 释义 |
cudgel (one's) brains cudgel (one's) brainsTo try very hard to comprehend, solve, think of, or remember something. I was up all night cudgeling my brains for a way to pay off all my debts. She cudgeled her brains to remember the man's name.See also: brain, cudgelcudgel your brain (or brains) think hard about a problem. This expression was used by Shakespeare in Hamlet: ‘Cudgel thy brains no more about it’.See also: brain, cudgel |