🥊 STREET EXPRESSIONS · intermediate · colloquial

🤖 Literally, in English

“Did you fall out of an oak tree?”

Ти що, з дуба впав? Ty shcho, z duba vpav

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“Have you lost your mind?”

also: “Are you out of your mind?” · “What on earth are you thinking?”

📖 Meaning
An incredulous way of saying that someone's idea is absurd.
💡 Why it's funny
The implied backstory — that the person fell from a tree, landed on their head, and this explains everything — is delivered as a genuine question.
🧭 Closest English idiom
“Have you lost your mind?”
📝 Explanation
Very common, informal, mildly rude. Said to friends, rarely to strangers.

🧠 Learn

  • lose your mind (phrase) — to behave in a crazy or irrational way — з'їхати з глузду “Have you lost your mind?”
  • absurd (adjective) — completely unreasonable or silly — абсурдний “The price is absurd.”

🗣 In context

Продати машину заради цього? Ти що, з дуба впав?

Sell the car for that? Have you lost your mind?

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Questions people ask

What does “Did you fall out of an oak tree?” mean?

An incredulous way of saying that someone's idea is absurd.

How do you say «Ти що, з дуба впав?» in English?

Naturally: “Have you lost your mind?”. The closest English idiom is “Have you lost your mind?”.

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