meaning of the expression “I can see the wheels turning”?

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• The expression means that someone is deep in thought! Just like “get the ball rolling” means to start something! 😉

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  meaning of the expression “I can see the wheels turning”?

  Hello,

  What is the meaning of the expression “I can see the wheels turning”? I think it means you can see that someone is engaged in deep thought, thinking seriously about something, thinking carefully about something. For example, “When I asked her to marry me, I could see her…

• You know how car wheels spin in the snow but you don’t go anyplace? It’s like that. It means you’re doing a lot of work but not getting any results. Like explaining something to a stupid person who just doesn’t get it. .

• You are correct.

  Further, it’s like saying, “I understand the process”, in this case, understanding that the thinking process is engaged (so to speak!).

• Correct. Someone’s thinking heavily.

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