לאכול סרטים (Le'ekhol sratim)
Meaning: To overthink and imagine dramatic worst-case scenarios.
Language: Hebrew
Literally: To eat films
Category: The Absurd
Origin: The anxious mind screens its own catastrophe movies; Israeli slang says the worrier is 'eating' them one after another.
More idioms — The Absurd
- خر بیار و باقالی بار کن (khar biyār o bāqālī bār kon) — Utter chaos; an endless, overwhelming mess.
- Da wird der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt — An exclamation of utter disbelief.
- 杯弓蛇影 (bēi gōng shé yǐng) — To frighten yourself with imaginary fears.
- Μου άναψες τα λαμπάκια — You made me furious.
- नौ दो ग्यारह होना (nau do gyaarah hona) — To flee or run away quickly.
- Пасти с Марса (Pasti s Marsa) — To be totally out of touch with what's going on.
More Hebrew idioms
- בא לי (ba li) — I feel like it; I'm in the mood for it.
- קופצים על המציאה (Kofsim al hamtsi'a) — To seize a great opportunity at once.
- מצא חן בעיניי (matsa chen be'einai) — It pleased me; I liked it.
- תפסת מרובה לא תפסת (Tafasta merubah lo tafasta) — Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
- שבר את הראש (shavar et harosh) — To rack your brains over something.
- יצא מכליו (Yatsa miklav) — To lose your temper; to be beside yourself.
Loading the full interactive collection…