brain cramp

brain cramp

A momentary mental lapse in attention, memory, understanding, care, or competence. Sorry boss, I just had a little brain cramp there. What were you saying again? Jack, having a bit of a brain cramp, accidentally sawed the beam completely in two.
See also: brain, cramp
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • cramp
  • writer's cramp
  • it's too late for sorry
  • in a sorry state
  • all there
  • state
  • sorry to say
  • say to
  • cramp someone's style, to
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My first brain cramp comes from the fact that we're even having this discussion.
Congress' Suggestion for SEC to Reallocate Resources: Dangerous Gambit
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The first seven free market ideas came from individuals working outside of government, and the Keynesian brain cramp came from a former high-level government bureaucrat.
Get a job!
lang in the new psychological thriller Eye of the Beholder, which, with its ever-twisting plot is sure to give you a brain cramp.
Sapphic Screen
But on a day when Mitch Trubisky played an excellent game and suffered just one brain cramp -- a horribly ill-advised lateral to Tarik Cohen resulting in a fumble -- the Bears offense managed just 14 points, and in spite of an 11-minute edge in time of possession, really didn't travel well at all.
A win is a win, but you can't trust these Bears on the road
They lost Game 2 just 11 seconds into overtime because of another brain cramp. And they lost Game 5 by a crossbar - the one that Chris Kelly hit in the first period.
Dream coming true on way to the Cup
The lapse surprised Horton, who said Schmidt is "the last guy I would expect to have a brain cramp."
Going from ridiculous to sublime can be as simple as (run!) getting to first base
Then, following Leodis McKelvin's brain cramp, the Patriots came up with a fumble recovery at the Buffalo 31.
QB still has flair for fantastic finishes
Aaron Lynch had an excellent day, minus an unfortunate brain cramp that netted him a stupid taunting penalty, and Isaiah Irving needs to be on the field more after notching one sack, narrowly running by a second one and adding another tackle for loss.
Bears defense makes the grade while offense drops the ball against Bills
(A brain cramp resulted in those stats being wrong in this space the other day).
Lucic's big hits keep B's moving
Several brain cramps contributed to the 4-3 overtime loss, the sort of things the Bruins probably won't repeat.
B's refuse to look back; Julien scoffs at talk of another huge collapse
"We had some brain cramps out there tonight," Boston coach Claude Julien said.
Power plays drop Bruins; Hurricanes snap losing streak with special teams play
Some of you are complaining of brain cramps because I'm running off comments so quickly?
Your brain cramps are so bad you want to take a timeout from reading the column?
Quick-strike column goes for end zone
"We've played some really good volleyball this year against some really good teams," said Riedy, "but then we've have some complete brain cramps at other times.
Pitch-perfect performance as Hersey gets past Prospect