idioms (thinking) U2 des c1

Go to your head

If success goes to your head, it makes you think that youre better than you really are

Have your wits about you

Be able to think quickly and make sensible decisions

In the dark about

Not knowing very much abt sth, bc other pp are keeping it secret from you

Know what’s what

Know the important facts abt a situation

Not have a leg to stand on

Not have any way of proving that you're right abt sth

Not see the wood for the trees

Used for saying that sb cannot understand what is important in a situation bc they are thinking too much abt small details

Put two and two together

Guess what is happening or what sth means based on what you have seen or heard

Quick/slow on the uptake

Taking a very short/long time to understand or realise sth

Ring a bell

Sth sounds familiar to you, although you cannot remember the exact details

Round the bend

Crazy

Split hairs

Argue or worry abt small details or differences that are not important

Take stock of

Spend some time thinking abt the situation youre in before you decide what to do next