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I would ask this on ELL but I honestly have no idea how to express this in English. Online translation give "brain short circuit", which sounds more like terminology than self-mockery. I am looking for a translation that fits here:

A: 你刚刚要说什么? (= what were you gonna say?)

B: 没什么, 我脑袋短路了. (= nothing, I just ____.)

Another imaginary situation:

Some guy solves a math problem using a very complex method, and some other person shows him that it can be done very simply, and he says: "Oh! Right! I ___(脑袋短路了)."

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I would ask this on ELL but I honestly have no idea how to express this in English. Online translation give "brain short circuit", which sounds more like terminology than self-mockery. I am looking for a translation that fits here:

A: 你刚刚要说什么? (= what were you gonna say?)

B: 没什么, 我脑袋短路了. (= nothing, I just ____.)

Another imaginary situation:

Some guy solves a math problem using a very complex method, and some other person shows him that it can be done very simply, and he says: "Oh! Right! I ___(脑袋短路了)."

translation phrase-request

share|improve this question

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I would ask this on ELL but I honestly have no idea how to express this in English. Online translation give "brain short circuit", which sounds more like terminology than self-mockery. I am looking for a translation that fits here:

A: 你刚刚要说什么? (= what were you gonna say?)

B: 没什么, 我脑袋短路了. (= nothing, I just ____.)

Another imaginary situation:

Some guy solves a math problem using a very complex method, and some other person shows him that it can be done very simply, and he says: "Oh! Right! I ___(脑袋短路了)."

translation phrase-request

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脑袋-短路, based on what I understand, just means literally that the brain short-circuited or malfunctioned as an electrical circuit would. The expression that comes to mind in English is:

I blanked out for a second.

Or

My mind went blank.

Or perhaps

I spaced out for a second.

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answered 9 hours ago

Dr. ShmuelDr. Shmuel

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  Thanks for this. But this seems to imply the speaker's mind goes blank, while 脑袋短路 also refers to "being temporarily stupid/silly", or "cannot see the obvious" sort of things. For exmple, some guy solves a math problem using a very complex method, and some other person shows him it can be done very simply, and he says: "Oh! Right! I 脑袋短路了." Does blank out work for this too? I mean this guy was thinking indeed, right?
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @trisct That is significantly different than the OP.
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  But in Chinese, 脑袋短路 certainly works for these situations too. Maybe only one example situation is not enough to describe the meaning of the phrase. I'll try to complete my question.
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Probably I should ask this on ELL anyway.
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

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How about:

brain fart

Google defines it as:

a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

"I'm having a brain fart and can't spell his name correctly"

---

英语学科网 has an article entitled “大脑短路”用英语怎么说？, which mentions:

There's a scientific term for this totally common phenomenon, which we like to call a "brain fart." "Brain fart" is used to refer to a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

这种非常普遍的现象有个学名，我们称之为“大脑短路”。"大脑短路"是指暂时的大脑失灵，无法正确地进行推断。

Below is a list of brain farts that pretty much everyone has had one time or another.

下面就是我们每个人都很可能曾经做过的脑子短路事件清单：

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  Yo- brain fart is serious slang, no?
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Dr.Shmuel I wouldn't call it serious slang, it's just informal. Practically everybody knows this term.
  
  – user3306356♦
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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I found this with glitch:

也许，我脑袋里哪里短路了。
Maybe there was a glitch in my brain.

没什么, 我脑袋短路了。
Nothing, just a brain lapse.

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answered 6 hours ago

PedroskiPedroski

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  I have personally never heard the first one.
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What? a glitch? We can misquote an old saying: A glitch in time saves nine! glitch from German glitschen, slip, glitschig, slippery. So, a brain glitch = a brain slip!
  
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  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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脑袋-短路, based on what I understand, just means literally that the brain short-circuited or malfunctioned as an electrical circuit would. The expression that comes to mind in English is:

I blanked out for a second.

Or

My mind went blank.

Or perhaps

I spaced out for a second.

share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Dr. ShmuelDr. Shmuel

9399 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for this. But this seems to imply the speaker's mind goes blank, while 脑袋短路 also refers to "being temporarily stupid/silly", or "cannot see the obvious" sort of things. For exmple, some guy solves a math problem using a very complex method, and some other person shows him it can be done very simply, and he says: "Oh! Right! I 脑袋短路了." Does blank out work for this too? I mean this guy was thinking indeed, right?
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @trisct That is significantly different than the OP.
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  But in Chinese, 脑袋短路 certainly works for these situations too. Maybe only one example situation is not enough to describe the meaning of the phrase. I'll try to complete my question.
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Probably I should ask this on ELL anyway.
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

4

脑袋-短路, based on what I understand, just means literally that the brain short-circuited or malfunctioned as an electrical circuit would. The expression that comes to mind in English is:

I blanked out for a second.

Or

My mind went blank.

Or perhaps

I spaced out for a second.

share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Dr. ShmuelDr. Shmuel

9399 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for this. But this seems to imply the speaker's mind goes blank, while 脑袋短路 also refers to "being temporarily stupid/silly", or "cannot see the obvious" sort of things. For exmple, some guy solves a math problem using a very complex method, and some other person shows him it can be done very simply, and he says: "Oh! Right! I 脑袋短路了." Does blank out work for this too? I mean this guy was thinking indeed, right?
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @trisct That is significantly different than the OP.
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  But in Chinese, 脑袋短路 certainly works for these situations too. Maybe only one example situation is not enough to describe the meaning of the phrase. I'll try to complete my question.
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Probably I should ask this on ELL anyway.
  
  – trisct
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

脑袋-短路, based on what I understand, just means literally that the brain short-circuited or malfunctioned as an electrical circuit would. The expression that comes to mind in English is:

I blanked out for a second.

Or

My mind went blank.

Or perhaps

I spaced out for a second.

share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Dr. ShmuelDr. Shmuel

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share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Dr. ShmuelDr. Shmuel

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answered 9 hours ago

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answered 9 hours ago

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2

How about:

brain fart

Google defines it as:

a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

"I'm having a brain fart and can't spell his name correctly"

---

英语学科网 has an article entitled “大脑短路”用英语怎么说？, which mentions:

There's a scientific term for this totally common phenomenon, which we like to call a "brain fart." "Brain fart" is used to refer to a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

这种非常普遍的现象有个学名，我们称之为“大脑短路”。"大脑短路"是指暂时的大脑失灵，无法正确地进行推断。

Below is a list of brain farts that pretty much everyone has had one time or another.

下面就是我们每个人都很可能曾经做过的脑子短路事件清单：

share|improve this answer

edited 3 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

user3306356♦user3306356

17.8k66 gold badges3030 silver badges7474 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yo- brain fart is serious slang, no?
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Dr.Shmuel I wouldn't call it serious slang, it's just informal. Practically everybody knows this term.
  
  – user3306356♦
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

How about:

brain fart

Google defines it as:

a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

"I'm having a brain fart and can't spell his name correctly"

---

英语学科网 has an article entitled “大脑短路”用英语怎么说？, which mentions:

There's a scientific term for this totally common phenomenon, which we like to call a "brain fart." "Brain fart" is used to refer to a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

这种非常普遍的现象有个学名，我们称之为“大脑短路”。"大脑短路"是指暂时的大脑失灵，无法正确地进行推断。

Below is a list of brain farts that pretty much everyone has had one time or another.

下面就是我们每个人都很可能曾经做过的脑子短路事件清单：

share|improve this answer

edited 3 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

user3306356♦user3306356

17.8k66 gold badges3030 silver badges7474 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yo- brain fart is serious slang, no?
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Dr.Shmuel I wouldn't call it serious slang, it's just informal. Practically everybody knows this term.
  
  – user3306356♦
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

How about:

brain fart

Google defines it as:

a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

"I'm having a brain fart and can't spell his name correctly"

---

英语学科网 has an article entitled “大脑短路”用英语怎么说？, which mentions:

There's a scientific term for this totally common phenomenon, which we like to call a "brain fart." "Brain fart" is used to refer to a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.

这种非常普遍的现象有个学名，我们称之为“大脑短路”。"大脑短路"是指暂时的大脑失灵，无法正确地进行推断。

Below is a list of brain farts that pretty much everyone has had one time or another.

下面就是我们每个人都很可能曾经做过的脑子短路事件清单：

share|improve this answer

edited 3 hours ago

answered 3 hours ago

user3306356♦user3306356

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answered 3 hours ago

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answered 3 hours ago

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answered 3 hours ago

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I found this with glitch:

也许，我脑袋里哪里短路了。
Maybe there was a glitch in my brain.

没什么, 我脑袋短路了。
Nothing, just a brain lapse.

share|improve this answer

answered 6 hours ago

PedroskiPedroski

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I have personally never heard the first one.
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What? a glitch? We can misquote an old saying: A glitch in time saves nine! glitch from German glitschen, slip, glitschig, slippery. So, a brain glitch = a brain slip!
  
  – Pedroski
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

I found this with glitch:

也许，我脑袋里哪里短路了。
Maybe there was a glitch in my brain.

没什么, 我脑袋短路了。
Nothing, just a brain lapse.

share|improve this answer

answered 6 hours ago

PedroskiPedroski

5,96222 gold badges88 silver badges1717 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I have personally never heard the first one.
  
  – Dr. Shmuel
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What? a glitch? We can misquote an old saying: A glitch in time saves nine! glitch from German glitschen, slip, glitschig, slippery. So, a brain glitch = a brain slip!
  
  – Pedroski
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I found this with glitch:

也许，我脑袋里哪里短路了。
Maybe there was a glitch in my brain.

没什么, 我脑袋短路了。
Nothing, just a brain lapse.

share|improve this answer

answered 6 hours ago

PedroskiPedroski

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share|improve this answer

answered 6 hours ago

PedroskiPedroski

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answered 6 hours ago

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