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搜索枯肠搜索枯腹sōu suǒ kū chángcudgel(/beat/drag/puzzle) one’s brains; grind out;rack one’s brains (/wits) (for fresh ideas or apt expressions); scratch through one’s mind for sth;screw oneself up; think hard
❍ 宝玉只得答应着，低头～。贾政背着手，也在门口站着作想。(《红楼梦》1102)Baoyu,forced to accept this assignment,lowered his head and cudgelled his brains while his father,his hands clasped behind his back,also stood by the door thinking.
❍ 这“别人出力我高兴”的报应之一，是搜索枯腹，硬做文章的苦差使。(《鲁迅《庆祝沪宁克复的那一边》)One of the penalties for“rejoicing while others exert themselves”is this difficult task of having to rack my brains to write something to order.
❍ 看见这位 “大日本皇军”将官居然如此评论 “小小的”敌人，我惶惑得不知说什么才合适，拚命地～，想起了这么两句： …… (爱新觉罗·溥仪《我的前半生》381) The sight of an officer of the “Imperial Japanese Army” rating the “tiny”enemy in these terms made me so uneasy that I did not know what to say. I screwed myself up to remark，… 搜索枯肠sōu suō kū chánɡ在枯竭的思路中反复思考。比喻拼命冥思苦想。rack one’s brains, think hard, beat one’s brains |