hit forehead
Frequency: 5.12.3 per million words
to strike one's own forehead, often in frustration or realization
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Examples (10)
- Realizing he'd sent the email without the attachment, he hit his forehead in frustration.
- She hit her forehead lightly and laughed at her mistake.
- I actually hit my forehead when I finally saw the solution.
- Don't hit your forehead; it happens to everyone.
- In the meeting, the manager hit his forehead, apologizing for overlooking the figures.
- She kept hitting her forehead with the heel of her hand, trying to remember the name.
- He hit his forehead so hard that a red mark appeared.
- The professor hit his forehead and said, "Of course—Kepler's third law!"
- He often hits his forehead when a simple fix finally occurs to him.
- I shouldn't hit my forehead like that; it doesn't help me think.