rémeket lát
Hungarian
Etymology
rém (“specter, monster, phantom”) + -ek (plural suffix) + -et (accusative suffix) + lát (“to see”), literally: "to see phantoms".
Pronunciation
Verb
- (idiomatic) to imagine things, to overreact, to be an alarmist (to anticipate a bad outcome without having a good reason for it, to have irrational fear, to see worrying signs everywhere, to judge the situation/future negatively)
- Nem lesz semmi bajod. Rémeket látsz. ― You'll be all right. You imagine things.