idioms with mind, brain, guts
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| je to velmi obtizne/nemozne | it is like getting blood out of a stone
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| find out what somebody knows/thinks by asking questions | to pick somebody's brain
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| have a sudden good idea | to have a brainwave
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| think repeatedly about someone or something | to have somebody/something on the brain (informal)
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| think hard to remember something or to find a solution | to rack one's brain about something
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| to be very stupid | have shit for brains (American & Australian, taboo)
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| to ask for information or advice from someone who knows more about a subject than you do | pick someone's brains
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| to spend a lot of time worrying about a problem and thinking about how to deal with it | beat your brains out
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| their mind is not working effectively, usually because they are very tired or very bored | be brain dead (humorous)
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| byl jsem [nudou/strachy,...] mimo | I was [bored/scared/worried etc.] out of my mind
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| you have been worrying about it and you are pleased that the problem has now been solved | it's a weight off my mind
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| to be unable to decide about something | be in/of two minds
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| to remember a piece of information when you are making decisions or thinking about a matter | bear/keep in mind
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| to shock or surprise you | boggle the mind
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| to cause you to think of someone or something | bring something/someone to mind
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| to stop thinking about something | get something out of your mind
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| it does not work or move the way you want it to, as if it is controlling itself (a machine or vehicle) | have a mind of its own (humorous)
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| in your imagination or memory | in your mind's eye
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| to decide what to choose | make up your mind
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| Starej se o sebe! | Mind your own business! (informal)
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| nekdo kdo umi cist myslenky | mind-reader
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| to cause someone to stop worrying | put someone's mind at ease
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| to make someone stop worrying | put/set someone's mind at rest
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| to know what someone is thinking without being told. | read someone's mind (humorous)
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| to say exactly what you think or feel | speak your mind
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| to appear suddenly or immediately in your thoughts | spring to mind
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| in my opinion | to my mind
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| to cause you to stop thinking about who or what is causing worry | take your mind off someone/something
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| violence shown on television, film, or in the theatre, where people are seen being injured or killed | blood and guts (informal)
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| a feeling that you are certain is right, even if you cannot explain why | a gut feeling
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| a reaction that is based on your immediate feelings about someone or something | a gut reaction
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| to work very hard or to use a lot of effort to do something | slog/sweat/work your guts out (informal)
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| to trust your feelings when deciding what to do | go with your gut
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| to tell secret or personal information | spill your guts
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| to tell someone all about yourself, especially your problems | spill your guts (American & Australian, informal)
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