break Priscian's head
break Priscian's head
To fail to use correct grammar. Priscian was a 6th-century Latin grammarian. A: "Guys automatically become less attractive when they break Priscian's head." B: "Spoken like a true English major."
See also: break, head
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- fall flat
- become unglued
- stop at
- stop at (something)
- fail at life
- lock on
- lock on (to) (someone or something)
- switch into
- switch into (something)
- in any case