I don't understand

[fille des bois]

Hello everybody

while reading Laura's answer over the topic "emotional " where she said " I slap my forehead every day" . I have to admit that i don't understand what laura means .

If somebody can help me to understand I will appreciate it Thank-you for your time

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[Niall]

Used in this context, this is an expression that means you realised something that seems very obvious in retrospect.

 

[mkrnhr]

it's an expression. Like this smiley:

 

[Pierre]

It's the same idiom in French. When someone "se tape le front" [slaps his forehead] and says "mais bien sûr !" [of course!]

 

[Chu]

it's an expression. Like this smiley:

Lol! That leaves no doubt!

In French it would be something like:

Je m'en veux de ne pas avoir vu/fait X avant/plus tôt...
Je n'en reviens pas ! J'aurais pû le voir/faire avant !
Quel idiot je fais/ Quelle idiote: j'ai oublié de/je ne me suis pas rendu compte que...
Mince alors, je m'en veux: j'ai oublié de//je ne me suis pas rendu compte que...

 

[fille des bois]

thank you very much for the replies, now it's really clear for me