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boggle someone's mind

to confuse someone; to overwhelm someone; to blow someone's mind. The immense size of the house boggles my mind. She said that his arrogance boggled her mind.

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boggle at something

to be amazed at something, particularly something large or surprising. The audience boggled at the size of the loss. I boggled at the damage to my car.

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The mind boggles.

something that you say which means that a situation or subject is very difficult to understand or imagine A cloned sheep? The mind boggles. (often + at ) The mind boggles at the thought of what you could do with all that money.

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boggle the mind also boggle your mind

to shock or surprise you He has a record of arrests for shoplifting that boggles the mind. It just boggles my mind how many people think they're the only ones who are having a hard time.

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the mind boggles

it is very difficult to understand or imagine The mind boggles at the thought of what you could do with all that money.

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