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One lingot for the pun.
PS: here we say "il était dans un état... proche de l'Ohio".
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The only other time I've heard this is in the song "Ohio." Which came first, the song or the saying?
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You deserve a lingot for that but D/L doe not give that option on their App. which I am using .
No, I don't think so. This is talking about his state of mind, not one of the United States.
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In Ireland it is an oft used word. When someone is feeling very low we might say "He is in a bad state" or "She is in a terrible state" Just a little additional information, when someone has had too much to drink and the effects are obvious it can be said that "He/She is in some state". Just one more, when a person is looking disheveled we often say "Look at the state of him/her.
Thanks for these tips! French colloquial expression:
- il/elle est dans un sale état (drunk or unhealthy or injured or depressed)
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Could "un état bizarre" be translated as "a strange mood" or does that miss the meaning?
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Useful french expression: "il a pete un cable"
Not a native but I'd say it means like he's gone nuts. Or he's lost it.
Il est dans un etat bizarre... oui il a pete un cable..
This is a bit excessive. "Il a pété un câble" (slang) = he has lost his mind.
"un état bizarre" is a lot less serious.
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I didn't say it meant the same thing, it was rather a semi-educational mindfart blowing in the same direction :-)
Very off topic, but in my experience the 'clutter' that Duo wants us to stop with is the best part of this site. bon week-end a toi !
Bizarre doesn't mean crazy. Crazy suggests his state is serious and that he is making little to no sense. Bizarre just means something is a bit off...
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For what it's worth, I don't think one would interpret "he is in a crazy state" as "he's acting crazy"; more like "it's crazy, the state he's in!" But all the same, it's not a phrase anyone's likely to use.
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Why is "he is in a strange condition" not accepted when the previous lession told us état = condition/ shape?
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I chose, "he is in a peculiar mind frame." I was marked wrong. I'm not sure why that would be wrong.
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why is it dans un état bizarre but en mauvais état when to use en or dans
The change is due to the placement of the adjective: "bizarre" is regular and placed after the noun, whereas "mauvais" is irregular and placed before the noun.
