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can't think straight
if you can't think straight, you are not thinking calmly and clearly about something. I was so tired I wasn't thinking straight any more. There are so many people talking, I just can't think straight.
See also: can't, straight, think

put your thinking cap on

to start to think seriously about how to solve a problem. Let me put my thinking cap on and see if I can come up with an answer.
See also: cap

the thinking man's/woman's crumpet (British, humorous)

a man or woman who is popular with the opposite sex because they are both intelligent and sexually attractive. Paxman has apparently grown weary of being labelled the thinking woman's crumpet.

wishful thinking

thinking or talking about something that you would very much like to happen although you know it probably will not happen. 'Do you think you might be in line for promotion, then? 'No, it's just wishful thinking.'


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At General Electric, Jack Welch valued this type of intelligence even more than work experience: "It's my belief that industry knowledge can be gained by someone with good thinking skills.
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It is suggested simply that the focus should be on good thinking in the context of the rules, methods and criteria of specific domains (Bailin, 1993).
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A chapter on tickling serves as a fine example of the way Provine weaves together science, social science and just plain good thinking and observation.
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