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Translation : It's nonsense!
Literal meaning : We walk on the head
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IPA : / ɔ̃ maʁʃə syʁ la tɛt ! /
You will probably agree that walking on your feet and thinking with your head is a very basic human feature, right?
Then doing the exact opposite would be a huge nonsense, an illogical behavior, right?
That's precisely why, when someone is acting illogically or more generally when some things are nonsense, we have the expression: "Marcher sur la tête".
It means " It's as logical as walking on the head". Ouch.
People tend to use it when they are furious toward someone or something.
In the first case, if someone acts illogically, and this is pissing you off: "Mais tu marches sur la tête ou quoi ?!" (But are you walking on your head or what?!)
For the second scenario, let's imagine you are pissed by a nonsense situation and you want to highlight how crazy this is. For example, your friend asks for your opinion about the world's ecological situation, then you might say: "On marche sur la tête".
Here, "On" (It) refers to "People / The world / Humanity" more globally, without targeting one precise person. The situation as a whole is as logical as walking on the head.
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