Phrases and Idioms about Learning and Thinking! List of useful idioms about thinking and idioms about learning with meaning, ESL picture and example sentences.
Expressions and Idioms about Thinking and Learning
List of Idioms about Thinking and Idioms about Learning
- Go to your head
- Have your wits about you
- In the dark (about)
- Know what’s what
- Not have a leg to stand on
- Not see the wood for the trees
- Put two and two together
- Quick/ slow on the uptake
- Ring a bell
- Round the bend
- Split hairs
- Take stock (of)
Thinking and Learning Idioms with Meaning and Examples
Go to your head
- Meaning: To cause one to become arrogant. If success goes to your head, it makes you think that you are better or more important than you really are
- Example: Fame and fortune had gone to his head.
Have your wits about you
- Meaning: Be able to think quickly and make sensible decisions
- Example: She managed to keep her wits about her and escaped unharmed.
In the dark (about)
- Meaning: Not knowing very much about something, because other people are keeping it secret from you
- Example: We are still very much in the dark about how the money was lost.
Know what’s what
- Meaning: Know the important facts about a situation
- Example: You have to know what’s what and when to draw the line.
Not have a leg to stand on
- Meaning: Not have any way of proving that you are right about something
- Example: If you have no witnesses, you don’t have a leg to stand on.
Not see the wood for the trees
- Meaning: Used for saying that someone cannot understand what is important in a situation because they are thinking too much about small details
- Example: He can’t see the wood for the trees.
Put two and two together
- Meaning: Guess what is happening or what something means based on what you have seen or heard
- Example: How did you know they were having an affair? I’d seen them out together a couple of times, so I just put two and two together.
Quick/ slow on the uptake
- Meaning: Taking a very short/long time to understand or realize something
- Example: He’s a little slow on the uptake, so you may have to repeat the instructions a few times.
Ring a bell
- Meaning: Something that rings a bell sounds familiar to you, although you cannot remember the exact details
- Example: The name rings a bell but I can’t think where I’ve heardit.
Round the bend
- Meaning: Crazy; insane
- Example: I’d tell you if you were going around the bend.
Split hairs
- Meaning: Argue or worry about very small details or differences that are not important
- Example: More than half the cases they complained about were not, in fact, on Garzon’s list, but let’s not split hairs.
Take stock (of)
- Meaning: Spend some time thinking about the situation you are in before you decide what to do next
- Example: After two years spent teaching overseas, she returned home for a month to take stock of her life.
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