to have a brain fart
– C1 (advanced) –
Practice Your Reading Comprehension
In Canadian English, this idiom typically means:
(slang) to temporarily forget something that you normally know
EXAMPLES
“My wife and I met my favourite soccer player at a bar last year. When he asked me my wife’s name, I had a brain fart. I was so nervous about meeting him that I completely forgot her name!”
“I log into my email every day, so you would think that I would know my password really well. Yesterday, though, I just couldn’t remember it! I was having such a brain fart!”
When was the last time you had a brain fart? What happened? Practice using this idiom by letting me know in the comments below.
