fog in someone's mind
- idiom
:
confusión mental
- The sudden rush of information left a fog in my mind, blurring my ability to focus.
Examples
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He struggled to make decisions due to the fog in his mind caused by lack of sleep.
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After the long meeting, there was a fog in her mind, making it difficult to remember the key details.
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The mere presence of the craft and the sense of extreme urgency that it represented were like a flare of sunlight that burned off some of the dense fog in Lindsey's mind.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
389
1.8
A time when things are not organized and people do not know what to think or do
53
6.0
A state of confusion that makes it hard to think clearly
18
6.7
Feeling confused about where you are, who you are, or what is real
16
6.2
A state of confusion when your thoughts feel unclear
1
4.9
A state when a person cannot think clearly and feels lost
1
4.4
A feeling of being confused and slow to think
A state of mind when you feel unclear and cannot think or decide
A state when thoughts are unclear and you cannot think well
Antonyms
How Confused
12
4.8
389
1.8
8
6.1
296
4.0
152
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines the concrete image 'fog' with location 'in' and 'mind' to convey obscured or unclear thinking, a metaphor that is directly inferable from the component meanings. This physical-to-mental mapping (fog = lack of clarity) is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the words would very likely understand the intended sense.
Etymology
Fog in someone's mind uses the picture of fog hiding a scene so you cannot see it clearly, and the mind is like that hidden scene of thoughts. So it means 'feeling confused' or 'unable to think clearly'.