la cervelle

the brain

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the brain A colloquial word for the brain, often used in vivid expressions such as avoir la cervelle en bouillie, meaning to have a brain that feels like mush. It can also appear in violent expressions meaning to shoot or blow someone's brains out.

FR: Après cette longue journée, j’ai la cervelle en bouillie.

EN: After this long day, my brain is mush.

Donne-moi ton fusil avant que je t'explose la cervelle.

Give me your rifle before I blow your brains out.

— Le vent se lève (2006)

Arrête, ou je te fais éclater la cervelle !

Stop, or I'll blow your brains out!

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Il lui a grillé la cervelle.

He fried his brain.

— Bullet Train (2022)

J'ai la cervelle en bouillie.

My brain is mush.

Tom s'est fait sauter la cervelle.

Tom blew his brains out.

Ça te bouffe la cervelle.

It eats away at your brain.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

On me paye pour te brûler la cervelle, brother.

I'm being paid to blow your brains out, brother.

— Amours chiennes (2000)

Il a abandonné et s'est fait exploser la cervelle.

He gave up and blew his brains out.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Ou alors je suis devenu vieux, la cervelle ne marche plus ?

Or have I just gotten old, and my brain isn't working anymore?

— Andreï Roublev (1966)

Il s'est fait péter la cervelle.

He blew his brains out.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)