away with the fairies

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• /əˈweɪ wɪð ðə ˈfɛəɹɪːz/
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Based around the common belief in Celtic and British Isles folklore that fairies were prone to either kidnapping people or robbing them of their wits.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: pell gant an torroù — lost in thought
• Czech: pryč s vílami — lost in thought
• Czech: snění za bílého dne — lost in thought
• Danish: åndsfraværende — lost in thought
• Dutch: met de feeën — lost in thought
• Esperanto: for kun la feinoj — lost in thought
• Finnish: muissa maailmoissa — lost in thought
• French: dans la lune — lost in thought
• French: tête en l'air — lost in thought
• French: étourdi — lost in thought
• French: distrait — lost in thought
• Galician: andar ós biosbardos — lost in thought
• German: gedankenverloren — lost in thought
• Greek: αιθεροβατώ (aitherovató) — lost in thought
• Hungarian: szórakozott — lost in thought
• Hungarian: el van varázsolva — lost in thought
• Irish: le na mná sí — lost in thought
• Italian: distratto — lost in thought
• Italian: nella luna — lost in thought
• Japanese: 白日夢にふけって (hakujitsumu ni fukete) — lost in thought
• Māori: pao — lost in thought
• Māori: kei Mahurangi — lost in thought
• Polish: w roztargniony sposób — lost in thought
• Polish: zamyślony — lost in thought
• Portuguese: em a lua — lost in thought
• Russian: вита́ть в облака́х (vitátʹ v oblakáx) — lost in thought
• Spanish: en la luna — lost in thought
• Welsh: yn y lleuad — lost in thought