Body parts “fall asleep” in English. What about in other languages?

Re:Body parts “fall asleep” in English. What about in other ... by pubby on Sunday February 18, 2018 @01:50AM (#16404832)

"Fall" has a few definitions but one of them is "pass into a specified state". So "fell asleep" means changing from being awake to sleeping.

Apologies if you know this - I wasn't sure from your post.

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Re:Body parts “fall asleep” in English. What about in other ... by interfixus on Sunday February 18, 2018 @02:06AM (#16404870)

Yes, I know, and no, you're right, I didn't make that clear at all.

My point was that exactly: The transitioning part sounds completely wrong to me. Where I come from, my leg can be sleeping or not, but it can't perform the state change from one to the other.

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Re:Body parts “fall asleep” in English. What about in other ... by rendall on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:00AM (#16405119)

It's a funny phrase, because you'd most often say "My arm fell asleep." You might say "My arm is asleep." but never have I heard anyone say "My arm is sleeping."

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