كيف تنطق "seeing pink elephants"

expression

US

SEE-ing PINK EL-uh-fuhnts

UK

SEE-ing PINK EL-ih-fuhnts

التعريف

To hallucinate or see things that aren't really there, commonly because of extreme drunkenness or illness. Used as an idiom for being delirious or imagining things.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈsiɪŋ/ /ˈpɪŋk/ /ˈɛɫəfənts

الإنجليزية البريطانية

sˈiːɪŋ/ /pˈɪŋk/ /ˈɛlɪfənts

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

SEE-ing PINK EL-uh-fuhnts

بريطاني

SEE-ing PINK EL-ih-fuhnts

استمع في السياق

After drinking too much, he started seeing pink elephants.

She was so sick she thought she was seeing pink elephants.

Everyone laughed when he claimed he was seeing pink elephants.

Don't worry, you're not actually seeing pink elephants—you're just really tired.