Idiom
grey cells
Meaning
Brains; a person's ability to think, especially referring to intelligence.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Use your grey cells to solve this puzzle.”
“The math problem was difficult, so I had to use my grey cells to find the right answer.”
“The detective sat quietly in his chair, exercising his grey cells to uncover the truth behind the mysterious crime.”
Examples
simple
“Use your grey cells to solve this puzzle.”
contextual
“The math problem was difficult, so I had to use my grey cells to find the right answer.”
complex
“The detective sat quietly in his chair, exercising his grey cells to uncover the truth behind the mysterious crime.”
Origin
Derived from grey matter, the term refers to the nervous tissue of the brain and spinal cord.
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