[IMAGE] 8 Times UpSubmitted by kingsadlo t3_z1druj in GetMotivated
ImpossiblePlane27 t1_ixeutba wrote
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No, at least not in the Chinese idiom! And I shall refined it to be more like “overwhelmed by anxious* emotions”. I would use this phrase when something’s making me worry a lot, causing my insides to be uneasy. (I think that’s one of the explanations of the origin of the idiom? Something that makes several of your inner organs go up and others down.)
Lomus33 t1_ixexfnk wrote
So "7 times down, 8 times up" means your organs are moving around so much because of anxiety. Thats crazy
ImpossiblePlane27 t1_ixf6djs wrote
It’s actually “7 times up, 8 times down” in the Chinese idiom
And the organs thing is my own description lol, here’s a link for dictionary definition: https://en.bab.la/dictionary/chinese-english/七上八下
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