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
Julienne	zhoo-lee-EN	French
Milko	-	Bulgarian
Hal	HAL	English
Sigmund	ZEEK-muwnt (German), SIG-mənd (English)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
BÜNyamİN	-	Turkish
Svyatoslav	svyah-tah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian