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to swim around

Polish translation: łamać sobie głowę//głowić się

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English term or phrase:to swim around
Polish translation:łamać sobie głowę//głowić się
Entered by: Epcia33

12:05 Jan 11, 2024
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English term or phrase: to swim around
James Lindsay: That's why you're sitting here swimming around trying to figure out why you're racist because of definition of simplicity and systemic racism or systemic car theory where you're somehow an evil person because somebody else got hit by a car, because you uphold a culture of car driving by having a car or by thinking cars are a good way even when you don't have one.

https://youtu.be/Lk_w2-8snWk?t=6790

Serdecznie dziękuję :)
Epcia33
Local time: 12:05
łamać sobie głowę//głowić się
Explanation:
This is not literal at all but conveys the idea of someone trying unsuccessfully to figure something out.
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 06:05
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2łamać sobie głowę//głowić się
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3kręcić się/miotać się
Bartosz Pelka
3bić się z myślami
geopiet


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
kręcić się/miotać się


Explanation:
"Kręcicie się w kółko/Miotacie się próbując dojść do tego..."

Bartosz Pelka
Poland
Local time: 12:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 8
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
łamać sobie głowę//głowić się


Explanation:
This is not literal at all but conveys the idea of someone trying unsuccessfully to figure something out.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 06:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 850

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paweł Kasprzyk
48 mins
  -> Dziękuję Pawle.
agree  legato
6 hrs
  -> Dziękuję legato. Serdecznie pozdrawiam.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bić się z myślami


Explanation:
There's so much swimming around in my head right now (so many choices, so many resources, which to choose?) - https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/30207-overwhelmed-w...

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Indecision is incredibly painful. You're swimming around in those muddy waters of indecision. - https://www.jjlaughlin.com/blog/decisionmaking

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In our case, the options are often the many thoughts and “to-do's” swimming around in our brains - https://thrivewithadd.com/too-many-choices-lead-to-inaction/

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 399
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