Wrap Your Head Around (Something)

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Definition: To work at fully understanding an idea that's large, complicated, or strange, the kind that doesn't make sense on the first try.
Example: It's honestly hard to wrap your head around:

S2 · EP17Death and Ceiling Fan Philosophy

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What does a ceiling fan have to do with the meaning of death? A late-night Wikipedia rabbit hole and a Yale philosophy course collide, leaving Tayvin with two expressions worth knowing: how to ask what’s on someone’s mind, and how to slowly make sense of an idea too big to grasp all at once.

S2 · EP39New Stakes in the Back of My Mind

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A finished book pulled an old time-travel thought experiment off the back shelf. Two phrases for a worry that sat there for years, and for what you actually stand to lose if you change the road.

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