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the mind boggles

the mind boggles phrase: one is astonished or unable to comprehend.

Phrase

the mind boggles

  1. One is astonished or unable to comprehend.
    • In their bedroom I found a wetsuit and handcuffs. The mind boggles!

Questions about the mind boggles

What does the mind boggles mean?
The mind boggles means one is astonished or unable to comprehend.
What part of speech is the mind boggles?
The mind boggles is a phrase.

Words near the mind boggles in the dictionary

  1. The Meadows
  2. the measles
  3. the measure of a man
  4. the mill cannot grind with water that is past
  5. the mills of the gods grind slowly
  6. the mind boggles
  7. the mixture as before
  8. the moon on a stick
  9. the more fool someone
  10. the more one learns about people, the more one likes one's pet
  11. the more the merrier

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