– C1 (advanced) –

Practice Your Reading Comprehension

In Canadian English, this idiom typically means:

1. (slang) to temporarily forget something that you normally know

EXAMPLES

1. “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!”

2. “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.