voytek709@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-214 hours agoWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?voytek709@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-214 hours agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoNot fluent at all, but I always parsed “Ich glaub, ich spinne” as “I feel like my head is spinning”
minus-squareraef@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 hours 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