to be lost in thought (preoccupied with one’s thoughts rather than paying attention to reality)
çekim: geçmiş pensei na morte da bezerra · ortaç pensado na morte da bezerra · şimdiki pensa na morte da bezerra
eş: cismar na morte da bezerra
köken: Literally, “to think about the heifer’s death”. Compare Spanish pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo (literally “to think about the crab’s immortality”) and Romanian se gândi la nemurirea sufletului (literally “to think about the soul’s immortality”).
— Como se a geração passada tivesse gasto a vida a pensar na morte da bezerra!
Literally, “be in Babia". Babia is a town in the north of the province of León, Spain. Historically, the monarchs of León would holiday in the town. When asked of the whereabouts of the absent monarch, a reply would be "he is in Babia”. Over the centuries, the phrase came to mean being absent-minded.