His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.
Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.1319, Delphi Classics
His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not the whole idea at once.