Voytek (They/He) [Він/On/Он] to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • edit-22 months agoWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?message-square97fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?Voytek (They/He) [Він/On/Он] to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • edit-22 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Deestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoNot fluent at all, but I always parsed “Ich glaub, ich spinne” as “I feel like my head is spinning”
minus-square@raef@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-22 months agoNo, it’s not “spin” like a top or top be dizzy. There’s a bunch of meanings, and some are similar to those two, but none fit for dizzy. “Head is spinning” is a metaphor. Literally tanslating metaphors doesn’t usually work, which is why this thread is interesting
Not fluent at all, but I always parsed “Ich glaub, ich spinne” as “I feel like my head is spinning”
No, it’s not “spin” like a top or top be dizzy. There’s a bunch of meanings, and some are similar to those two, but none fit for dizzy.
“Head is spinning” is a metaphor. Literally tanslating metaphors doesn’t usually work, which is why this thread is interesting