לאכול סרטים

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 — Utter chaos; an endless, overwhelming mess.
• Da wird der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt — An exclamation of utter disbelief.
• 杯弓蛇影 — To frighten yourself with imaginary fears.
• Μου άναψες τα λαμπάκια — You made me furious.
• नौ दो ग्यारह होना — To flee or run away quickly.
• Пасти с Марса — To be totally out of touch with what's going on.

More Hebrew idioms

• בא לי — I feel like it; I'm in the mood for it.
• קופצים על המציאה — To seize a great opportunity at once.
• מצא חן בעיניי — It pleased me; I liked it.
• תפסת מרובה לא תפסת — Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
• שבר את הראש — To rack your brains over something.
• יצא מכליו — To lose your temper; to be beside yourself.

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