Say this to your German-speaking colleague when you think they’re crazy (Tassen im Schrank)

Ever had a moment at work… …where a colleague suggests something that makes absolutely no sense?

You stop. You blink. You wonder if you heard that correctly.

You don’t need a long discussion. You just need one sentence.

In German, there’s a very expressive way to say:

Someone is not quite right in the head.

Nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank haben
(Literally: to not have all their cups in the cupboard)

Imagine you invite a friend to your house to have some coffee (um Kaffee zu trinken).

While he’s sipping his coffee and chatting with you, he tells you how much he likes your fancy coffee cups (wie sehr er deine ausgefallenen Kaffeetassen mag).

Then he asks to go to the toilet (auf die Toilette zu gehen).

A few minutes later, you hear some strange noises coming from the kitchen. So you decide to check (also beschließt du, das zu überprüfen).

Suddenly, you discover your friend…

…how he is stealing your coffee cups (wie er deine Kaffeetassen klaut).

In that moment, you could say:

But what you’re really thinking is something about your friend and his strange behavior (sein komisches Verhalten):

• He’s not quite right in the head.
• He has lost his marbles.
• He’s out of his tree.
• He’s one beer short of a six-pack.

And that’s exactly what we mean when we say in German:

Got it!?

So here’s your action step:

Imagine your German-speaking colleague Karl-Horst tells you how hot it is in the office, even though it’s a cold winter day (obwohl es ein kalter Wintertag ist).

So he decides to turn off the heater and open the window in the middle of winter (inmitten dieses kalten Wintertages).

Look at him seriously and tell him how great you think his idea is (wie toll du seine Idee findest):

And this is what it sounds like:

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