who put that idea into your head

• formarse una idea de algo — to form an impression of sth

• hacerse una idea de algo — to get an idea of sth

• idea brillante, idea genial — brilliant idea, brainwave

mi idea era salir temprano — I had intended to leave early, my idea o intention was to leave early

• cambiar de idea — to change one's mind

• idea fija — fixed idea

• ir con la idea de hacer algo — to mean to do sth

• tiene muy mala idea — his intentions are not good, he's a nasty piece of work *

tuvo muy mala idea al hacer las preguntas — his questions were really malicious o nasty

• metérsele una idea en la cabeza a algn, cuando se le mete una idea en la cabeza no hay quien se la saque — once he gets an idea into his head no one can talk him out of it

• tener idea de hacer algo — [en el pasado] to mean to do sth; [en el futuro] to be thinking of doing sth

tenía idea de traerme varias botellas de vodka — I meant o I was meaning to bring some bottles of vodka

• tener idea de algo — to have an idea of sth

• no tener la menor idea — not to have the faintest o the foggiest idea

lo expulsaron por sus ideas políticas — they expelled him because of his political beliefs o ideas

• una persona de ideas conservadoras/liberales/radicales — a conservative/liberal/radical-minded person

la idea de libertad — the idea o concept of freedom

es de ideas conservadoras — she has conservative ideas o views

darse idea para algo — (RPl fam) to be good at something

hacerse (a) la idea de algo — to get used to the idea of something

idea de bombero — (Esp fam) crazy idea

la idea de libertad — the idea o concept of freedom

es de ideas conservadoras — she has conservative ideas o views

darse idea para algo — (RPl fam) to be good at something

hacerse (a) la idea de algo — to get used to the idea of something

idea de bombero — (Esp fam) crazy idea

Ex: Analytical cataloguing is valuable in respect of any type of media, but many of ideas have been tested most thoroughly in the context of monographs and serials.

jdm etw éínreden — to talk sb into believing sth, to persuade sb of sth

sie hat ihm eingeredet, er sei dumm — she persuaded him that or talked him into believing that he was stupid

das lasse ich mir nicht éínreden — you're not going to make me believe that

wer hat dir denn diesen Unsinn eingeredet? — who put that rubbish (Brit inf) or nonsense into your head?

auf jdn éínreden — to keep on and on at sb

sich (Dat.) einreden, daß... — persuade oneself that...

das redest du dir bloß ein — you're just imagining it

sich (Dat.) einreden, daß... — persuade oneself that...

aller se fourrer dans — [objet] to get stuck in

fourrer qch dans — to stick * sth into

die Idéé zu etw — the idea for sth

überhaupt keine Idéén haben — to have not a single idea in one's head, to have no ideas at all

ich kam auf die Idéé, sie zu fragen — I hit on the idea of asking her

jdn auf die Idéé bringen, etw zu tun — to give sb the idea of doing sth

jdn auf andere Idéén bringen — to make sb think about something else

es war nur so eine Idéé — it was just a fantasy

eine Idéé Salz — a touch or hint of salt

du hast [vielleicht] Ideen — (iron.) you do get some ideas, don't you! (coll.)

eine fixe Idee — an obsession; an idée fixe

eine Idee — a shade or trifle

du hast [vielleicht] Ideen — (iron.) you do get some ideas, don't you! (coll.)

eine Idee — a shade or trifle

enfoncer son doigt — to stick one's finger ( dans into)

enfoncer des portes ouvertes — fig to state the obvious

être enfoncé dans un fauteuil — ( confortablement) to be settled cosily GB ou cozily US in an armchair

s'enfoncer dans les or à l'intérieur des terres — to go inland

enfoncer quelque chose dans le crâne (colloq) or la tête de quelqu'un — to get something into somebody's head

enfoncer qch dans (clou, vis) — to drive sth into, (dans une cavité, une substance) to push sth into, (à coups de marteau) to hammer sth into

enfoncer qn dans fig — to plunge sb into