beat brains

beat (one's) brains (out)

Informal To exert or expend great mental effort: She beat her brains out during the examination.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Thales	-	Ancient Greek
PÍO	PEE-o	Spanish
Doran	['dɔ:ræn]
Paolino	pow-LEE-no	Italian
Teemu	TE:-moo	Finnish
Ace (2)	-	Macedonian