| 单词 | to bother one's brains |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bother one's brains (also brain) a. to bother one's brains (also brain): to take the time or trouble to consider something; to concern oneself. Chiefly in negative contexts. Frequently with about, with. Cf. to bother one's head at head n.1 Phrases 6b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > think [verb (intransitive)] > hard to burst one's brainc1385 to break one's mind (heart)a1450 to break one's brain, mind, wind1530 to beat the brains1579 to rack one's brain (also brains, wit, memory, etc.)1583 hammer1598 beat1604 to cudgel one's brains1604 to bother one's brains (also brain)1755 1755 Connoisseur No. 70. 419 Sir, I beg you would take care, you don't bother your brains..about other peoples affairs. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xv. 298 It is not my way to bother my brains with what does not concern me. View more context for this quotation 1878 J. Miller Songs Italy 127 Whether you bother your brain or no. 1907 H. Begbie Penalty xix. 276 Don't bother your brain, my dear lady, to wonder how much I know of your secret. 1925 J. M. Williams Our Rural Heritage xv. 147 To the boy who happened to get interested in geology or astronomy the parent said, ‘Why bother your brains about it?’ 2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Aug. 24 But, it would seem, few midwives bother their brains with updates. < as lemmas |
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