beat someone’s brains out

beat someone’s brains out
1. tv. to beat someone severely.
She threatened to beat my brains out.
Those thugs nearly beat his brains out.
2. tv. to drive oneself hard (to accomplish something).
I beat my brains out all day to clean this house, and you come in and track up the carpet!
Don’t beat your brains out. Just give it a good try.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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