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Idiom

bend the brain

Meaning

To be difficult to comprehend.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“This math problem really bends the brain.”

“The complex physics lecture was so difficult that it started to bend the brain of every student in the room.”

“The philosopher proposed a theory so abstract and paradoxical that it served to bend the brain of even the most seasoned academic.”

Examples

simple

“This math problem really bends the brain.”

contextual

“The complex physics lecture was so difficult that it started to bend the brain of every student in the room.”

complex

“The philosopher proposed a theory so abstract and paradoxical that it served to bend the brain of even the most seasoned academic.”

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