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>my GPU also just gave up the ghost German detected, I don't think this is a saying in English.

• bot314159 3y ago
  Is this a saying in German? I’ve definitely heard this in the UK in English before, referring to machines/electronics dying.
  • carlmr 3y ago
    Yes, den Geist aufgeben, never heard it in English from non-German speakers, but TIL.
  • 20after4 3y ago
    Along with letting out the magic smoke.
• hammycheesy 3y ago
  I'm a native US English speaker and I'm familiar with this idiom.
• jstarfish 3y ago
  "Giving up the ghost" was the name of a BT song about dying, from 1999. Werewolves in "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" (1993) would literally produce their ghost as part of their death animation. I don't hear it often but it's been part of the English vernacular for at least 30 years, and certainly before my time.
  • carlmr 3y ago
    Interesting, it's very common in German, and I've only ever heard Germans saying it in English.
• mft_ 3y ago
  Disagree - common idiom in the UK.
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