elle n'en fait plus qu'a sa tete

[floppydream]

Quand mon cœur s'arrête, je regarde par la fenêtre
Mais le monde, je ne le vois pas
La pluie se répète, elle n'en fait plus qu'a sa tête
Et les gens sont au cinéma

Bonjour a tous,

I know about "se prendre la tete", but I've never heard this one -- I have a feeling it's maybe sort of the opposite in meaning?

Merci

 

[la grive solitaire]

Hi floppydream,

N'en faire qu'à sa tête means to be self-centered, to do what one likes with no regard for anyone else. Here, the rain is personified: The rain (elle) no longer (ne...plus) does anything but go on and on pouring down (se répète)--"doing what it wants to do" (with no regard for anyone else).

 

[sbc]

Ignore what I said ... what La grive solitaire said makes more sense.

Debbie

 

[floppydream]

Merci, la grive!

 

[floppydream]

Sorry, let me rephrase that: it looks like the connotation is very negative according to your def. Could it ever be neutral or even positive?

 

[la grive solitaire]

Hmm... I wouldn't say so, no. Here's an earlier thread I just found on the same topic. http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=72020

 

[floppydream]

Merci encore (I did do a title search with "tete", by the way (?))

 

[la grive solitaire]

You might try adding a few more words to narrow down the search. I just found this using: faire qu'à sa tête http://forum.wordreference.com/search.php?searchid=1970321

 

[Cath.S.]

I wouldn't say n'en faire qu'à sa tête is necessarily negative.
To me it sounds like the rain follows its whims.

 

[floppydream]

Merci bien