IdiomThe Absurd
Serbian
SerbianПасти с Марса (Pasti s Marsa)
Meaning: To be totally out of touch with what's going on.
Literally: To fall from Mars
Example: “Не знаш да је школа затворена? Јеси ли пао с Марса?” — You didn't know the school was closed? Is your head in the clouds?
English equivalent: To have one's head in the clouds
Equivalents in other languages
French: Avoir la tête dans les nuages Literally: To have one's head in the clouds
Spanish: estar en la luna de Valencia Literally: To be in the moon of Valencia
Galician: Estar nas verzas Literally: To be in the cabbages
English: have one's head in the clouds
Origin: "To have fallen from Mars": to be completely out of touch, as if one had just arrived from another planet. Croatian and Slovene say the same, and older forms use trees (pasti s kruške, to fall from a pear tree). The phrase is colloquial.
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- Мува без главе (Muva bez glave) To rush about chaotically and without direction.
- Држати свећу (Držati sveću) To be the awkward third wheel to a couple.
- Трла баба лан (Trla baba lan) Pointless busywork done just to pass the time.
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