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Avere grilli per la testa
to have bees in your bonnet
Literal Translation
"To have crickets in the head"
What it means
To have fanciful ideas / to have bees in the bonnet
Example in context
"Ha sempre grilli per la testa — oggi vuole aprire un ristorante, domani un negozio."
"He always has fanciful ideas — today he wants to open a restaurant, tomorrow a shop."
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