off the top of your head

Bedeutung

from memory, without checking or thinking for long

Aus dem Gedächtnis, ohne nachzuschlagen oder lange nachzudenken.

Beispiele

1. 1I'd say, off the top of my head, that the trip costs about two hundred pounds.
2. 2Can you name five capital cities off the top of your head?
3. 3I don't know his number off the top of my head, but I can look it up.
4. 4The waiter listed all twelve desserts off the top of his head, which impressed the whole table.
5. 5Asked for the population of Wales, Tom guessed three million off the top of his head.

Grammatik

Wirkt wie ein Adverb, oft mit say, know oder name. your passt sich dem Sprecher an: my, his, their.

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