use (one's) noggin
use (one's) noggin
To use one's own intelligence and intellectual ability; to think logically and rationally. ("Noggin" here is slang for head or brain. Often said as an imperative.) Come on, Dean, I know you can figure this out on your own. Use your noggin for a change! I can't believe you were arrested for selling marijuana. What were you thinking? Why don't you use your noggin once in a while?
See also: noggin, use
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Use your noggin!
verbSee Use your head!
See also: use
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- noggin
- on one's own account
- at will
- chew (one's) own tobacco
- chew own tobacco
- cut (one's) own throat
- cut one’s own throat
- cut your own throat
- of (one's) own accord
- of own accord