brain someone
brain (someone)
To strike or assault someone violently and severely, typically on the head. He warned me that he was going to brain me if I didn't stop insulting him. The lump on my head is from when a box fell off a shelf and brained me yesterday.
See also: brain
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
brain someone
Hit someone hard on the head. For example, The roof collapsed and a bunk of plaster brained him, or I'll brain you if you don't get to those dishes! This term is used both literally (first example) and hyperbolically (second example). [Slang; 1930s]
See also: brain, someone
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- brain
- brain (someone)
- bash
- bash (someone's) brains in
- beat (someone's) brains in
- beat the stuffing out of (someone)
- knock the stuffing out of (one)
- knock the stuffing out of somebody
- knock the stuffing out of someone