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Idiom

mental gymnast

Meaning

Someone who excels at mental gymnastics; a person who thinks creatively and effortlessly.

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

Examples

“She is a real mental gymnast when solving tricky puzzles.”

“He is such a mental gymnast that he found a way to finish the project despite the missing data.”

“As a brilliant mental gymnast, the professor effortlessly connected complex historical theories to modern economic trends during her lecture.”

Examples

simple

“She is a real mental gymnast when solving tricky puzzles.”

contextual

“He is such a mental gymnast that he found a way to finish the project despite the missing data.”

complex

“As a brilliant mental gymnast, the professor effortlessly connected complex historical theories to modern economic trends during her lecture.”

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