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Meaning of 搜肠刮肚

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搜 sōu 肠 cháng 刮 guā 肚 dù (Trad.: 搜腸刮肚)
to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution
Example Sentences
1
这个博士生为写学位论文而搜肠刮肚
。
The PhD student beat his brain over his dissertation.
2
好吧
,
我开始搜肠刮肚尝试用德语作答
。
Very well, I begin to cipher out the German for that answer.
3
“
到悌悌西去走山上的小路可以吗
?
”
我搜肠刮肚
,
用自己最好的法语问
。
"Is it possible, " I asked in my best Franglais, "to go to Titisee over the mountain path?"
4
我搜肠刮肚的想
,
她怎么能突然没了呢
,
跳蚤们却还在这儿
。
And I was soul-searching, I was like, why is she suddenly gone, and there are fleas here?
5
你在那儿
,
从头到脚哪儿都不对劲
,
呆呆地望着你的朋友
,
搜肠刮肚地找着话题
。
There were you, shuffling from head to foot, staring blankly at your friend, trying to make conversation.