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syringis

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6. It is from Great Britain :-)

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 04:04 AM

Sep 2017

France and Belgium we say "Une araignée au plafond". I don't know the origin of the expression.

I found "The geranium in the cranium" while looking for an equivalent expression of ours. I never heard it before, I thought it is a funny one.

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