The shelf / The head / French
FRENCH
Avoir une araignée au plafond.
“To have a spider on the ceiling.”
MEANS
Not quite all there.
Missing something?
English and German lose something. Russian loses the people at home. French doesn't lose anything. It gains a spider.
Source: Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, Expressio.
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From “Not all there” to French.
ENGLISHNot all there.The one you know.Phrase Finder, Dictionary.com.
GERMANNicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben.“Not to have all the cups in the cupboard.”Duden.
RUSSIANНе все дома.“Not everyone is at home.”Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Literary Language.
FRENCHAvoir une araignée au plafond.“To have a spider on the ceiling.”Académie française, Expressio.