English Puzzle

Словосочетания со словом mind

a brain like a sieve
a mind like a sieve
To have a bad memory and often forget things.
Дырявая память. Девичья память.
John has a mind like a sieve—I had to leave him three separate reminders about the play tomorrow night!
У Джона плохая память — мне пришлось оставить ему три отдельных напоминания о завтрашнем спектакле!
Oh, I forgot to buy bread - I’ve got a brain like a sieve these days!
Ой, я забыл купить хлеб – в последнее время ничего не помню!
blow one's mind
To become wildly enthusiastic over something as if understanding it for the first time in an entirely new light. Originally from the drug culture.
Read Lyall Watson's book "Supernature", it will simply blow your mind!
To lose one's ability to function, as if due to an overdose of drugs.
Joe is entirely incoherent - he seems to have blown his mind.
boggle the mind
To stop the rational thinking process by virtue of being too fantastic or incredible.
It boggles the mind that John should have been inside a flying saucer!
call to mind
To remember; cause to remember.
Your story calls to mind a similar event that happened to us a few years back.
change one's mind
To alter one's opinion or judgment on a given issue.
I used to hate Chicago, but as the years passed I gradually changed my mind and now I actually love living here.
Matthew has changed his mind several times about buying a new car.
We have changed our minds and are going to Canada instead of California this summer.
come to mind
To occur to someone.
A new idea for the advertising campaign came to mind as I was reading your book.
cross one's mind
pass through one's mind
To be a sudden or passing thought; be thought of by someone; come to your mind; occur to you.
At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia's waving, but then it crossed his mind that she was trying to tell him something.
When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears passed through Mother's mind.
frame of mind
One's mental outlook; the state of one's psychological condition.
There is no use trying to talk to him while he is in such a negative frame of mind.