> ("When we feel is time to end" - using "feel" in that phrase is sufficiently peculiar to English that I wouldn't expect it from anyone who thinks in another language and translates in their head more or less mechanically)

This is typical of mandarin chinese; the verbs 觉得 and 感觉 are "feel" in a literal sense, but mean "think (something)".

If one language uses a metaphor, odds are some other languages do too.