hear oneself think, can't



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]
See also: hear

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Iuliana-Romanian, Ancient Roman
Leyla-Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, English (Modern)
Maya (1)-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Pravin-Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
ÇİĞDem-Turkish
GarfieldGAHR-feeldEnglish