brown study | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,dated)Amelancholymoodaccompanied bydeepthought; a moodydaydream.1690,[John] Dryden,Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosia’s.[…], London:[…]J[acob]Tonson,[…]; and M. Tonson[…], published1691,→OCLC, Act III,pages29–30:Phædra.[...] WhySoſia! What, in abrown Study? /Soſia.A littlecogitabund, or ſo; concerning this diſmal Revolution in our Family!1851,Herman Melville,Moby-Dick:So gathering up the shavings with another grin, and throwing them into the great stove in the middle of the room, he went about his business, and left me in abrown study.1893,Arthur Conan Doyle,The Adventure of the Cardboard Box:Finding that Holmes was too absorbed for conversation, I had tossed aside the barren paper, and leaning back in my chair, I fell into abrown study. Suddenly my companion's voice broke in upon my thoughts.1893,Stanley J. Weyman, “Chapter II. The King of Navarre”, inA Gentleman of France:After that he kept such a silence, falling as it seemed to me into abrown study, that he went away without so much as bidding me farewell, or being conscious, as far as I could tell, of my presence.1894,Stanley J. Weyman, “Chapter IV”, inUnder the Red Robe:Once or twice she spoke harshly to Louis; she fell at other times into abrown study; and when she thought that I was not watching her, her face wore a look of deep anxiety.1978,Lawrence Durrell,Livia(Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published1992, page428:But Quatrefages glared at his plate in abrown study.

Examples:

EN: Not quite your style to go into a brown study.
ES: No es tu estilo estar tan meditabunda.
EN: 'Cause what you need is a stake to make your comeback. That'II get you out of this brown study you're in.
ES: Porque lo que necesitas es apostar para recuperarte y salir del lío en que estás.
EN: I get in a brown study, I say any goddamn thing comes to mind.
ES: Si estoy molesto, digo lo primero que se me ocurre.
EN: He put Colour Wormwood in a brown study.
ES: Le mostró al Cabo Wormwood quién es el jefe.
EN: Still in a brown study, I see.
ES: Aún enfrascado en el estudio, ya veo.
ID: Masih terus melamun sepertinya.
EN: I brooded over Jane's rejection of my gift and plunged myself into a brown study over Janus, that great god.
ES: Medité sobre el rechazo de mi regalo, y me sumergí en un estudio integral... sobre Janus, ese gran Dios.
EN: Try to shake the brown study.
ES: Dale un vistazo al estudio Brown.
ID: Cobalah mengguncang studi Brown.
EN: That'll get you out of this brown study you're in.
ID: Itu akan membuatmu pergi dari sini.

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