beat brains



beat (one's) brains (out)

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kalynakah-LI-nahUkrainian (Rare)
Madhuri-Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada
Eustachys-Ancient Greek
JannaYAHN-nah (Dutch, Finnish), JAN-ə (English)Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, English
MarlynMAHR-linEnglish
Matthan-Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek