have (one's) thinking cap on

To be using, or be ready to use, the utmost of one's intellectual abilities; to be able or ready to think very carefully and seriously (about something), often to solve a problem. I'm really excited for the pub quiz tonight! Does everyone have their thinking caps on? OK fellas, if we all have our thinking caps on, I'm sure we can come up with a way to earn enough money to go to the baseball game this weekend.

词组	have (one's) thinking cap on
释义	have (one's) thinking cap on have (one's) thinking cap on To be using, or be ready to use, the utmost of one's intellectual abilities; to be able or ready to think very carefully and seriously (about something), often to solve a problem. I'm really excited for the pub quiz tonight! Does everyone have their thinking caps on? OK fellas, if we all have our thinking caps on, I'm sure we can come up with a way to earn enough money to go to the baseball game this weekend. See also: cap, have, on, thinking Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: be ready to roll get ready ready for prime time all set to go ready when you are make ready to (do something) raring be raring to go rough-and-ready
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