It hits your head

[Rachel Adams]

Can "hit your head" be used in this situation when talking about its positive effects on a particular person?

"Before giving a presentation I ate a "Bounty". It tasted good to me.The sugar hit my head. Sweets always help me in times of stress. As my friend likes to say "when the sugar hits your head you feel better."

 

[Tarheel]

The sugar hit my head.

That can't be good.

 

[Rachel Adams]

The sugar hit my head.

That can't be good.

In sime situations it can be . Could you tell me if the rest is written correctly?

 

[Tarheel]

It tasted good to me.

You don't need "to me" there.

I gather that a Bounty is some kind of sweet. (Note that I didn't use quotes.)

 

[Rachel Adams]

It tasted good to me.

You don't need "to me" there.

I gather that a Bounty is some kind of sweet. (Note that I didn't use quotes.)

Yes, it is.

 

[emsr2d2]

I think you mean that the sugar hit your brain, not your head! The "sugar hit" you get from eating something like a Bounty can give you both physical and mental energy, albeit fairly briefly.

Tarheel: a Bounty is a chocolate bar, consisting of chocolate around desiccated coconut.

 

[probus]

Americans call chocolate bars candy bars. I'm surprised, Tarheel, that you are not familiar with Bounty bars, since they are made by Mars Inc., an American company.

 

[5jj]

Apparently they haven't been available in the USA since the 1960s.

 

[probus]

Apparently they haven't been available in the USA since the 1960s.

Sounds like sone d*mned lawyers have been up to their usual mischief.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I think you mean that the sugar hit your brain, not your head! The "sugar hit" you get from eating something like a Bounty can give you both physical and mental energy, albeit fairly briefly.

Tarheel: a Bounty is a chocolate bar, consisting of chocolate around desiccated coconut.

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Yes, I meant that, but I didn't know it is wrong to use "head" or is it correct in my sentence?

 

[5jj]

The sugar hit my head is wrong in that context.

 

[emsr2d2]

For me, it's wrong in your sentence and context.

(Cross-posted)

 

[probus]

No. If you really want the hit metaphor you should say hit my brain as emsr2d2 suggested. Hit my head is practically a set phrase synonymous with bump my head.

 

[Rachel Adams]

For me, it's wrong in your sentence and context.

(Cross-posted)

I see. "Mind" must be wrong too. In Russian the Russian word for "head" can be used in such contexts.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Americans call chocolate bars candy bars. I'm surprised, Tarheel, that you are not familiar with Bounty bars, since they are made by Mars Inc., an American company.

I've never heard of them, either. To me Bounty is a paper towel: the quicker picker-upper.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I see. "Mind" must be wrong too. In Russian the Russian word for "head" can be used in such contexts.

Yes, "mind" would be wrong, too.

You could simply say the sugar hit you. That would be natural.

Personally, I've never gotten a rush from refined sugar. It usually makes me sleepy and cranky.