comerse la olla — meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  Spaininformalcolloquial
  • To become mentally confused or disoriented, often as a result of stress or overthinking.
  • To lose one's temper or composure; to have a breakdown or act irrationally.

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  • Después del examen, me comí la olla pensando que había suspendido cuando en realidad aprobé.

    After the exam, I got mentally confused thinking I had failed when actually I passed.

  • No te comas la olla con ese problema, que seguro tiene solución sencilla.

    Don't get so confused with that problem; surely it has a simple solution.

  • Juan se comió la olla durante horas intentando entender las instrucciones complicadas.

    Juan became mentally confused for hours trying to understand the complicated instructions.

• 2.

  Spaininformalcolloquialslang
  • To imagine things, to have fanciful or implausible thoughts; to let one's imagination run away.

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  • Ana se comió la olla imaginando situaciones que no tenían sentido alguno.

    Ana let her imagination run wild imagining situations that made no sense.

  • No te comas la olla con esas ideas locas que solo te están confundiendo.

    Don't get carried away with those crazy ideas that are only confusing you.

  • Cuando se comió la olla pensando en conspiraciones, perdió la perspectiva real de las cosas.

    When he let his imagination run away thinking about conspiracies, he lost the real perspective.