blow my mind VS slip my mind
Who taught: Jean
Ever since I started this blog, many of my friends have given me a lot of new expressions that I can use for this blog. “Thank you so much, All! I love you! I am so glad I have you!”
One day, when I was brewing my coffee, Jean came to me, asking me a question. “Terry, what do you think about blow my mind and slip my mind? Can you say about your interpretations?”
“Hmm, I think blow my mind means something making me surprised and slip my mind means something making me sad.”, I said. “Blow my mind” was a little bit obvious but “slip my mind” was a little harder to guess but I thought if anything makes my mind slip, it might be something related with sadness. Jean had to go into a meeting so that she could not explain to me at the moment. A few hours later, Jean came to my desk and explained to me about the expressions.
“Blow my mind” means something makes you really surprised. I would say something really amazing. For example, hmm…. it would be something like watching Shawn White’s snowboarding. His snowboarding performance in the Olympics was really really amazing. It totally blew my mind.
On the other hand, “slip my mind” means the expression you can use when you forgot. Let’s say you are supposed to go grocery shopping to buy bread before you get home but you did not do it (?????). Then you got back to home and your wife asks you where the bread is. Then you can say, “Opps! I am sorry! It totally slipped my mind. Can you buy it tomorrow? Thanks!” Haha! See, learning new expressions are good because you can use it in a lot of situations! Is it a good usage??
Those are both really great examples of usage of those phrases, well done T-bone!
Thanks! Pete, I think I did a good job especially with “slip my mind” one, right?:-)
So what does “out of mind” mean?
Is it crazy…….
If something is out of your mind, it means that you are not currently thinking about it. The only common usage of that phrase that I can think of is “Out of sight, out of mind”, which means that when something’s not present, you don’t think of it as much.
Of course, we have a contrary phrase to that, too, which is “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”.
… and after thinking about it for a bit, “out of my mind” or “out of his mind” does mean “crazy”, but you have to put the pronoun in there for it to make sense.
“That Terry is out of his mind!”
Hi to all!
I need your help about “blow my mind” and some more phrases!
I am trying to translate Michael Jackson’s song “Man in the mirror” in greek. I have a problem in some particular lyrics.
These phrases mean:
1#
(As I, turn up the collar on my favourite winter coat)
THIS WIND IS BLOWING MY MIND….
(I see the kids in the street, with not enough to eat
who am I, to be blind pretending not to see their needs.)
I can not understand completely the meaning of the phrase…
I found in internet:
it is obvious, somethind surpised me…but when the kids don’t have to eat…is something that surprises you?
the wind makes it clearer, it is obvious… in my mind that the kids don’t have to eat?
2#
A SUMMER’S DISREGARD….A BROKEN BOTTLE TOP…
And a one man’s soul
THEY FOLLOW EACH OTHER ON THE WIND, ya’ know
’cause they got nowhere to go
that’s why I want you to know
3#
I’ve been a victim of a selfish kind of love, it’s time that I realize
that there are some with no home, NOT A NICKEL TO TO LOAN…
could it be really me, pretending that they’re not alone?
Can you please HELP?
Thank you all,
Sofia
Hmm… I guess I need to study more to answer your question. Or my friends could answer your question. Either way I will try to get back to you with the answer.
Hi Sofia,
Here are my thoughts on your question. But I might be wrong. You might want to get a second opinion from others. Songs are hard to understand sometimes.
1. This wind is blowing my mind : I think this has the literal meaning, not the meaning of surprising.
2. A summer’s disregard : It would mean a disregard in summer season. I do not think it has any other special meaning.
3. A broken bottle top : This also mean a bottle with a broken top. As a result, people do not want or like it.
4. They follow each other on the wind : This would mean that the kids do not have any place to go so just follow each other as the wind blows.
5. Not a nickel to loan : nickel is 5 cent coin in the US. Thus, they cannot even borrow a 5-cent coin.
I love this song, by the way!
Good luck!
– Terry
Your blog is awsome!!!!
Great idea!
Sofia
Thank you, Sofia! Great to see you here!