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a mental block
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a problem that stops you from remembering, understanding or doing something
Often 'have a mental block about/with something'. For writers, 'writer's block' is the usual phrase.
In context
I have a mental block about phrasal verbs; I just can't remember them.
Writers sometimes get a mental block and can't write a single line.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity