After whom are you chasing? / Why are you in such a hurry? / Why are you putting in so much effort?
Figuratively: Where are you rushing to? Why are you putting in so much effort?
(“After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?” – 1 Samuel 24:14; David to Saul who was pursuing him)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אַחֲרֵי מִי אַתָּה רוֹדֵף?
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: לְאָן אַתָּה מְמַהֵר? מַדּוּעַ אַתָּה מַשְׁקִיעַ מַאֲמָץ כֹּה רַב?
("אַחֲרֵי מִי יָצָא מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרֵי מִי אַתָּה רֹדֵף אַחֲרֵי כֶּלֶב מֵת אַחֲרֵי פַּרְעֹשׁ אֶחָד" - שְׁמוּאֵל א כַּד יָד; דָּוִד לְשָׁאוּל שֶׁרָדַף אַחֲרָיו)