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BEATING (ONE'S) CHOPS AND (ONE'S) BRAINS OUT

BEATING (ONE'S) CHOPS AND (ONE'S) BRAINS OUT
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a coined expression from batting (one's) chops, talking idly but volubly and beating (one's) brains out, laboring strenuously with the mind, often with a sense of having failed. SHSBC Binder 9 Approved Glossary