Emotions & feelings
turn your brain off
stop thinking hard and relax
To stop concentrating on difficult thoughts or problems so that you can relax mentally.
Hear it in real life
Do you want to discuss the problem now?
Not tonight; I need to turn my brain off first.
I watch a silly comedy at night when I need to turn my brain off.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to turn my brain out after work.
Say: I need to turn my brain off after work.
Learners may confuse “off” with “out” when using “turn off” to describe mentally switching off.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
turn your brain off; turn my brain off; turn your brain off for a while
Your turn: say it out loud
I watch a silly comedy at night when I need to turn my brain off.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
turn your brain off
stop thinking hard and relax
“I watch a silly comedy at night when I need to turn my brain off.”
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