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1 Spleen
[∫pli:n] m; -s, -s; umg. (Idee) cranky idea; (Gewohnheit) strange habit, eccentricity; du hast wohl einen Spleen! you must be off your rocker!* * *der Spleenfad; spleen* * *[ʃpliːn]m -s, -s (inf)(= Angewohnheit) strange or crazy habit, eccentricity, quirk (of behaviour (Brit) or behavior (US)); (= Idee) crazy idea or notion; (= Fimmel) obsessiondu hast ja einen Spleen! — you're round the bend (Brit inf), you're off your head (Brit inf) or rocker (inf)
* * *<-s, -s>[ʃpli:n, sp-]m (fam) strange habit, eccentricityeinen \Spleen haben to be off [or out of] one's head* * *der; Spleens, Spleene od. Spleens strange or peculiar habit; eccentricitydu hast ja einen Spleen! — there must be something the matter with you!; you must be dotty (coll.)
* * *du hast wohl einen Spleen! you must be off your rocker!* * *der; Spleens, Spleene od. Spleens strange or peculiar habit; eccentricitydu hast ja einen Spleen! — there must be something the matter with you!; you must be dotty (coll.)
* * *-s m.eccentricity n.quirk n.tic n.
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