French idioms
What does “Avoir une araignée au plafond” mean?
Avoir une araignée au plafond
Word for word
To have a spider on the ceiling
What it really means
To be not quite right in the head, to have strange ideas. It is usually said in jest about someone eccentric.
How we say it in English
To have bats in the belfry
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