Trouble with two idioms...

Question

I was looking over my Spanish notes from back when I had private tutoring - and I found two idioms that I couldn't quite remember the meanings of.

They were:

1) Se me ha ido la olla

2) Se come mucho la cabeza

I tried googling them, but I couldn't find a succint explanation. Could anyone help with this please?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Se me ha ido la olla

I believe this one is regional. In Mexico: Se me fue la onda ...... I lost my train of thought.

Answer 2

Guesses: 1 I've lost the plot.

2 He's eating his head off.

( these are just guesses, I haven't got time to look them up).

Answer 3

According to a book of idioms that I have: írsele la olla (to have the pot fly off or go off on one) to lose it, fly off the handle. Lose your temper.
Cool! thanks for asking the question! I learned something today

Answer 4

I think comer la cabeza ( I have heard " comerse el coco" coco being someone's head) is to worry,to fret, to fixate on. an English equivelent would be It's eating him up. this is also just a guess. The other one I have no idea.

Answer 5

From our phrasebook

to forget things, to act dizzy / irse la cabeza, irse la olla