hear oneself think, can't

Be unable to concentrate because there is too much noise. For example, There was so much noise from the jackhammers we couldn't hear ourselves think. [Early 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Reyhangul	-	Uyghur
Sokrates	-	Ancient Greek
Calogero	kah-lo-JE-ro	Italian
Sadb	SIEV (Irish)	Irish, Irish Mythology
Aruna	-	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi
Shahrizad	-	Arabic