put your thinking cap on

意味

to concentrate hard on how to solve a problem

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例文

1. 1We need a new name for the book club, so let's all put our thinking caps on.
2. 2Put your thinking cap on and tell me how we can get the sofa up these narrow stairs.
3. 3The quiz team put their thinking caps on and came up with an answer just before time ran out.
4. 4If you put your thinking cap on, I'm sure you'll find a cheaper way to fix the roof.
5. 5Can you put your thinking cap on and work out why the Wi-Fi keeps dropping?

文法

put が変化する（puts、putting）。過去形も put。your は主語に合わせて変わり、主語が複数なら put our thinking caps on とする。

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