To draw a blank

Context #1: Faz and Tyler are eating at a restaurant.

Tyler: Faz, you are the most forgetful person I know.
Faz: No way! My memory is just fine.
Tyler: Oh, really? How long have we known each other?
Faz: Um… More than ten years!
Tyler: Okay, so what is my name?
Faz: It’s…ah… Give me a hint; I’m drawing a blank.

Context #2: Wilma has not been following Mr. Scott’s lecture in class.

Mr. Scott: Wilma, what’s the answer to question 7 (in the book).
Wilma: I’m not sure, Mr. Scott.
Mr. Scott: We just talked about this, Wilma. Why don’t you know? Were you doodling* in your notebook again?
Wilma: No, sir. My notebook is clean. All I have been doing is drawing blanks.

Meaning: to forget, to not know, or to not have information.  A blank is a space without information. We use this idiom to tell our listener that our brain cannot create a picture or cannot give the correct information.

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Munchies

Context #1 – Hanging out at home

Jo: Hurry up, the movie is starting.

Becky: I’m trying to hurry, but there’s nothing to snack on and I have the munchies.

Jo: You’re always hungry. Can’t you watch without food?

Becky: Movies are so much better with a snack to munch on.

Jo: I guess. In that case, maybe we should go buy snacks before the movie starts.

Context #2 – Taking a road trip

Charlie: Do you mind making a stop in the next gas station?  We’ve been driving for some time now and I’m starting to get the munchies.

Ana:  No problem. I’m getting hungry too.

Charlie: Do you think we should grab some food first then?

Ana: The next restaurant is way too far from our next stop, so I think snacks will have to do.  We’ll have to better prepare next time. It’s always easy to get the munchies while driving.

The “Munchies” means hunger. Usually for non nutritious foods, like fast food, pastries, snack (junk) foods, etc. Munchies can also be used as a noun to represent snacks (e.g. I need to get some munchies for later). 

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