Look at Myself From the Inside

A German idiom for “I’m going to take a nap” translates as “I have to take a look at myself from the inside.” This is part of a complete episode.

Transcript of “Look at Myself From the Inside”

Grant, here’s another translation of a German phrase I really liked.

I have to take a look at myself on the inside.

Do you know what I would be about to do if I…

Kind of collect your own thoughts or consider your own opinions or just find out, I don’t know, what?

I have to take a nap.

What is it again?

Ich werde mich von innen bekeken.

I have to take a look at myself on the inside.

Close your eyelids.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Take a nap.

I’m a lot more industrious than I look.

A lot more industrious than I look.

Yeah, because nap sounds lazy and looking at myself on the inside sounds introspective.

Right.

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