make one's head spin

1. Cause one to be giddy, dazed, or confused, as in The figures in this tax return make my head spin. This phrase employs spin in the sense of “rapidly gyrating,” a usage applied to the brain or head since about 1800.

Example Sentences

The twists and turns in U.S.-China relations are enough to make one’s head spin—or at least to wonder whether the two countries are inching toward some new détente or toward the brink of war.

From Slate

Based on Bernstein’s book “Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite,” Soderbergh’s “Laundromat” seeks to make sense of a story that is breathtakingly complex, with enough players and layers and locations and implications to make one’s head spin.

From Washington Post

It’s enough to make one’s head spin, but has been skillfully delivered through Agent Carter’s relationship drama and espionage intrigue.

From Forbes

All this is enough to make one’s head spin; it’s like listening to that classic Abbott & Costello comedic skit, “Who’s on First.”

From Forbes

It is enough to make one’s head spin and certainly means almost any move the United States makes will cause problems.

From Forbes