Scott: I'm dying to ask your friend Mindy out on a date. Sandra: What's stopping you? Scott: Money. I can't afford to take her anywhere nice. Sandra: That could be a problem. Mindy has expensive tastes. Scott: Well, I'd betterput on my thinking cap. Sandra: If you're planning to ask Mindy out, you'll need more than a thinking cap. Maybe you should think better of it.
put on之後接表衣物鞋帽等名詞作其受詞，表『穿／戴上』。cap 一字指『帽子』，如 a baseball cap 是『棒球帽』，a shower cap 則是『浴帽』。put on one's thinking cap字面上的意思就是『戴上思考的帽子』。據說以前英國的法官在宣判重大案件時，必須頭戴象徵深思熟慮的帽子。因此本俚語就被用來比喻動腦筋仔細思考。
We can find the solution if we all put on our thinking caps.
（如果我們都動腦筋好好思考，就能找到解決的方法。）
＊solution n. 解決辦法，解答。
羅伯特想要跟暗戀已久的潔希表白，但是卻不知道該怎麼做。他苦想了好幾天，飯也吃不下，覺也睡不好。這時我們就可說：
He racked his brains trying to come up with a plan.
= He beat his brains out trying to come up with a plan.
（他絞盡腦汁要想出一個方案。）
wrap one's head around 努力理解或接受一個複雜的概念或情況
It took me a while towrap my head aroundthe new software.
（我花了一段時間才能理解這個新軟體。）
sleep on it 則是指面對重大事情時，要求能有一整夜的時間想個清楚，等到第二天再做出決定。
羅伯特終於決定寫一封情書給潔希。潔希收到之後，雖然開心，但卻不敢馬上答應跟他交往。於是她就跟羅伯特說：
It's a difficult decision. Let me sleep on it.
（我很難下決定。讓我今晚好好想想，明天再告訴你。）
food for thought字面意思是『思考的食糧』，引申用來比喻『發人深省的事物』
潔希不知道該怎麼辦，所以決定找好朋友辛蒂商量。可是辛蒂其實暗戀羅伯特已久，聽到這個消息之後感到非常嫉妒，於是決定暗中破壞。她告訴潔希羅伯特會當眾挖鼻孔、上廁所不洗手，而且還有香港腳。她就說了這樣的話，請潔希好好考慮：
I hope my advice gives you food for thought.
（我希望我的勸告能讓妳好好想想。）
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