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13 Dec 2019
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What does nu har det brunnit rejält mean?
What does nu har det brunnit rejält mean?
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@KaiOwO Yes, but in a more idiomatic sense, meaning that someone has said something unintelligent? For example, "Nu har det brunnit rejält i hennes huvud"?
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@ellike1234
Oh yeah, you're right.
Sorry, I was just tired when I wrote that and thought they meant it literally.
Excuse me!!!
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Well, often when you say:
De brinner för något
it means: They are really engaged in something interesting that they like
or
Det brinner I benen på dem
they mean that the person can't sit still, they have a lot of energy.
(At least that's my teacher always tells us.
our class is chaos. XD)
so I guess the idiom you were asking about could either means:
She's been thinking too much about it and she's worn out or about to burn out.
or:
that she has a lot of ideas, energy, is very engaged in something.
kind of like when you say there's fire in someone's eyes except in the brain.
it really depends on the situation
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@KaiOwO It is okay! Thank you for explaining :)

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