Quote
1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.
“It just blows my mind when I look at my little boy.”
Definition
1. Definition - Study the definition.
amazes me, astounds me, overwhelms me with feelings of wonder
2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
If you experience something very powerful and complicated, you can tell your friends that it “blew your mind.” It’s a great way to express your feelings about an incredible event, and is appropriate for all audiences.
Examples
1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.
””The special effects in that movie The Matrix blew my mind. I don’t understand how they did that.”
“Mariah Carey’s voice blows my mind. She is so talented. It’s incredible.”
“Airplanes really blow my mind. It’s so amazing to me that such a huge object can get so far off the ground on its own, and carry hundreds of people around the world.”“
Winners
1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.
I think she is so happy and loves so much her son that when she looks at him, she gets like “drunk”... “blows her mind” is a kind of torpor.
by Marcia (Brazil)
The term “blows my mind” used by Catherine should probably mean that she gets extremely happy or she gets really crazy due to happiness and joy.
by Beenu (Delhi, India)
Does it mean “to be shocked,” or “startled”?
by Xiaoli (China)
It means that she’s impressed when she looks at her little boy.
by Ryan (Toronto, Canada)
l think to blow someone’s mind is to feel someone with plessure and wonder.
by Trista (Hong Kong, China)
I think that means “to affect with strong feeling, pleasure or amezement”.
by Lena (Kiev, Ukraine)
I think that “it blows her mind when she looks at her little boy” means that she is filled with wonder by it.
by Rubens (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)