english language why do have no words for "coup de barre"??
@sempervirenx what even is it?
@candle when your energy suddenly drops
@candle it's colloquial tho
@sempervirenx "exhausted" doesn't work? i guess it doesn't imply suddenly
@candle yeah i use it instead because i never find a better option but the sudden drop is a big part of the word :/
@sempervirenx it makes me think of "take the wind out of the sails" but it's not about energy as much as motivation
@candle oh it didn't know this one!
@sempervirenx if someone would suddenly make you feel like what you're doing is pointless, they knock the wind from your sails
@sempervirenx you could maybe say that your body has lost the wind from its sails, it's not an existing phrase but it's cute
@candle oooh i like it!!!
@sempervirenx the great sailboat of achievement, dead in the water