andar nas verzas
Galician
Etymology
Literally, "to be walking (working) among the cabbages".
Verb
- (idiomatic) to have the head in the clouds
- 2015, Marcelino Salgueiro Rodríguez, Volframio, música e profecías, Andavira (→ISBN), page 136:
- En calquera caso, o cura andaba nas verzas, máis atento sabe o demo a que. Ou era o Espírito Santo apuntador o que andaba nas verzas? Feito unha choca, perdíase na ilación da predicación, con cousas sen sentido.
- In any case, the priest had his head in the clouds, more attentive to the devil knows what. Or perhaps was it the prompter Holy Ghost who had his head in the clouds? Confused, he was getting lost on his preaching, saying nonsenses.
- En calquera caso, o cura andaba nas verzas, máis atento sabe o demo a que. Ou era o Espírito Santo apuntador o que andaba nas verzas? Feito unha choca, perdíase na ilación da predicación, con cousas sen sentido.
- Synonym: estar nas verzas
- 2015, Marcelino Salgueiro Rodríguez, Volframio, música e profecías, Andavira (→ISBN), page 136:
References
- “andar nas verzas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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