Idiom
grey matter
Meaning
Brains; a person's ability to think.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Reading books keeps your grey matter active.”
“The puzzle was designed to challenge your grey matter and improve your problem-solving skills.”
“Years of studying philosophy had sharpened his grey matter, allowing him to dissect arguments with surgical precision.”
Examples
simple
“Reading books keeps your grey matter active.”
contextual
“The puzzle was designed to challenge your grey matter and improve your problem-solving skills.”
complex
“Years of studying philosophy had sharpened his grey matter, allowing him to dissect arguments with surgical precision.”
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