bend the brain

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bend the brain (third-person singular simple present bends the brain, present participle bending the brain, simple past and past participle bent the brain)

(idiomatic, informal) To be difficult to comprehend.
- 2015 May 28, Jay Merrick, “Zaha Hadid’s modernist library inspires shock and awe in Oxford”, in The Independent‎^[1]:
  Rogan studied her architectural drawings for the four-level, 1,200 square metre centre closely: “Every line meant something. It bends the brain. I’m in love with this building and I can’t hide it.”
- 2020 January 16, Claire McNeill, “QAnon conspiracy theorists find kinship on the Tampa Riverwalk”, in Tampa Bay Times‎^[2]:
  Making sense of their logic bends the brain, but QAnon followers report feeling an insider adrenaline as they piece together the “breadcrumbs.” They first surged into public view at a Tampa rally for Donald Trump in 2018 and show few signs of fading.