Avoir une araignée au plafond

Meaning: To be a little crazy.

Language: French

Literally: To have a spider on the ceiling

Category: Animals

Origin: A cobwebbed, spider-ridden ceiling pictures a head whose upper rooms have been left untended.

More idioms — Animals

• Einen Kater haben — To have a hangover.
• Buscarle tres pies al gato — To overcomplicate things; to look for trouble.
• Non sapere che pesci pigliare — To be at a complete loss what to do.
• Acertar na mosca — To be exactly right; to hit the bullseye.
• Dar com os burros n'água — To fail despite all your effort.
• Считать ворон — To idle and let chances slip by.

More French idioms

• Ramener sa fraise — To butt in or show off uninvited.
• Ça m'en touche une sans faire bouger l'autre — I couldn't care less; it leaves me utterly indifferent.
• Prendre son pied — To take intense pleasure; to have a wonderful time.
• Il pleut comme vache qui pisse — It's pouring down — a crude, vivid way to say the rain is coming down extremely hard.
• Mettre la puce à l'oreille — To arouse someone's suspicion or make them uneasy about something.
• Sortir de ses gonds — To fly into a rage; to lose one's temper suddenly and violently.

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