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What does “Avoir une araignée au plafond” mean?

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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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