No. 992 in Croatian

glavom

"Glavom" means "with the head" in English.

In a sentence

Razmišljao je glavom, a ne srcem.
He was thinking with his head, not his heart.
Here, "glavom" is used metaphorically to represent logical reasoning or thinking.
Udario je glavom o vrata kad je ulazio.
He hit his head against the door as he was entering.
In this sentence, "glavom" refers to the literal use of his head hitting an object.
Glavom i bradom, to je bio on.
He himself, in person, that was him.
This Croatian idiom means "in person" or "he himself," and "glavom" is part of the expression representing someone's presence.

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