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“Rack one's brains”in other languages

Think very hard to find an answer.

  • English
  • Hebrew
  • Lithuanian
English
rack one's brain
Hebrew
שבר את הראש shavar et harosh literally To break your head
Lithuanian
Sukti galvą literally To twist your head
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English stretches the brain on a rack, the old instrument of torture. Hebrew breaks its head, שבר את הראש, and Lithuanian twists it, sukti galvą. Thinking hard, in every version, hurts.

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