Talk:Germany/@comment-2001:5B0:50C6:24F0:0:FF:FEC4:A4DB-20180909180106/@comment-99.239.177.28-20190516100904

Don't know if you will see this but I want to let you know that a "heads up" is not a good thing. It is a warning that something bad might happen.

I learned the expression from sports... especially golf. People play with their heads down, looking at the golf ball. If someone hits a shot that goes off in the wrong direction, he or she would yell, "Heads up!" so the other golfers would literally lift their heads up to watch for a golf ball so they were not hit in the head.

An example of the way we commonly use the term now might be...

Just want to give a "heads up" to those of you planning an outdoor wedding in May. The weather forecast calls for torrential rain every weekend so you might want to consider marrying on a Wednesday.

Please don't take this as a criticism. I am only trying to help. English is a bizarre language and expressions like these are really hard to figure out. I admire you for trying though. I don't speak another language!