rack one 's brains to

rack one 's brains to

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī Gu ā NSU à NJ ì n, refers to the use of mind. It comes from Huang Tingjian's Pastoral children's song of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian's Pastoral children's song: "how many Chang'an celebrities and profiteers are not as good as you when you run out of opportunities."

Idiom usage

It is too clever to miss Qing Qing's life. The fifth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

The antonym is at a loss and at a loss