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What does 'the wheels begin to turn in someone's head' mean?
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anonymous What does 'the wheels begin to turn in someone's head' mean? It is a clumsy figure of speech intended to mean "the person starts to think about something". Gears are better than wheels for thinking.
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anonymousWhat does 'the wheels begin to turn in someone's head' mean?
It is a clumsy figure of speech intended to mean "the person starts to think about something". Gears are better than wheels for thinking. The idea is that your brain is like a machine.