idioms

  beat your brains out (think very hard about how to deal with a problem) I’ve been beating my brains out all week trying to find a solution. We have to beat our brains out to finish project on time. beat your brains out – English Vocabulary

  beat someone’s brains out (hurt someone badly) If you come back again, I’ll beat your brains out. He fell from the cliff and beat his brains out. beat someone’s brains out – English Vocabulary

  all brawn and no brains (to be physically strong but not intelligent) John is a good football player, but he is all brawn and no brain. He has a good body, but he is the brawn, not the brains. all brawn and no brains – English Vocabulary

    brain drain (a situation in which a large number of educated and highly skilled people leave their own country) The country suffered a huge brain drain to the United States during the Second World War. No one does anything to stop the brain drain, as more and more …

  a beast of burden (an animal that people use to carry or pull heavy things) People have been using donkeys as beasts of burden for thousands of years. One beast of burden is enough to pull the cart; there is no need to get another one. beast of burden …