Thinking about the immortality of the crab
- Thinking about the immortality of the crab
Thinking about the immortality of the crab ( _es. Pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo) is a Spanish idiom about daydreaming. The term is usually a humorous reference that one was not sitting idly, but was engaged constructively in contemplation or letting their mind wander. [ [http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=245616 La inmortalidad del cangrejo -WordReference.com Language Forums] ]
The phrase is usually used to express that an individual was daydreaming, "When I have nothing to do I think about the immortality of the crab"(Cuando no tengo nada que hacer pienso en la inmortalidad del cangrejo). It is also used to wake someone from a reverie,"Are you thinking about the immortality of the crab?" (¿Estás pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo?)
In literature
In film
*Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo - 2005 film by Paolo Agazzi [imdb title|id=0478885|title=Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo]
In other languages
Czech idiom talks about the immortality of the may bug ("přemýšlet o nesmrtelnosti chrousta") but the use is the same.The Portuguese idiom states that one is "thinking about the calf's demise" ("pensando na morte da bezerra").
ee also
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*, paremiology or Spanish proverbs
External links
* [http://www.spainalive.com/spain/language/articulos/articulo8/index.jsp?nombre=GenProverbs.html Spanish Proverbs]
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