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Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:

> Yes, that's literally correct; however, "seeing pink elephants" is a
> traditional English equivalent that fits more or less along the same
> metaphorical lines.  On the other hand, the "pink elephants"
> expression also often has the connotation that the person in
> question might very well have been drunk, which might not be
> included in the meaning of the "seeing white mice" ... ???

It might not have anything to do with German, but here they say that
alcoholics in the final stages of /delirium tremens/ see white mice as
part of their hallucinations.  So for me "seeing white mice"
definitely has to do with drunkenness.

Croatian has many German influences; this might be one of them.