שבר את הראש

Meaning: To rack your brains over something.

Language: Hebrew

Literally: To break your head

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: 'Breaking' the head over a stubborn problem pictures straining hard for a solution.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• Olla pinna kireällä — To be on edge and short-tempered.
• Dělat dlouhý nos — To thumb your nose; to mock.
• Felkopik az álla — To go hungry and be left with nothing.
• آنکھوں کا تارا — A dearly cherished person; the apple of one's eye.
• ناک کا بال — Someone's closest, most trusted confidant.
• Facer das tripas corazón — To summon courage in the face of adversity.

More Hebrew idioms

• יצא מכליו — To lose your temper; to be beside yourself.
• חבל על הזמן — Amazing, fantastic — though it literally means 'a waste of time'.
• על הפנים — Terrible, awful, in a wretched state.
• לאכול סרטים — To overthink and imagine dramatic worst-case scenarios.
• בא לי — I feel like it; I'm in the mood for it.
• קופצים על המציאה — To seize a great opportunity at once.

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