Impersonal expressions

[valentina apresjan]

Как его туда занесло - How did he get there? - literally - How did it get
him there? - meaning that he was not in control of what was happening to him
- so commonly it's used when talking about fate taking somebody far from the
original place, or somebody getting lost and ending up in another part of
town etc.
Его сильно колбасило - slang - He was feeling bad - literally It was
sausaging him - means either that A person was feeling physically or
mentally tortured or that A person was being cranky and behaving strangely.
Again, the focus is on the uncontrollability of this state by the
experiencer; the state might have been caused by substance abuse or by some
emotionally unsettling event
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> Dear Julia,
>
> Please can you explain both of these!
>
> Как его туда занесло? > Его сильно колбасило.
> Best Wishes,
>
> R.
>
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