bend the brain

present singular third person bends the brain · participle present bending the brain · participle past bent the brain · past bent the brain

1. idiomaticinformalTo be difficult to comprehend.

   Rogan studied her architectural drawings for the four-level, 1,200 square metre centre closely: “Every line meant something. It bends the brain. I’m in love with this building and I can’t hide it.”

   2015 May 28, Jay Merrick, “Zaha Hadid’s modernist library inspires shock and awe in Oxford”, in The Independent

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   Making sense of their logic bends the brain, but QAnon followers report feeling an insider adrenaline as they piece together the “breadcrumbs.” They first surged into public view at a Tampa rally for Donald Trump in 2018 and show few signs of fading.

   2020 January 16, Claire McNeill, “QAnon conspiracy theorists find kinship on the Tampa Riverwalk”, in Tampa Bay Times