You look at my food but you do not look at my trap?!

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You look at my food but you do not look at my trap?!

You look at my food but you do not look at my trap?!

Figuratively: You see only the good side of my situation and not the negative side. You ignore the main disadvantage (a parable of an animal that has available food but is confined in a cage; “trap” meaning a cage or snare).

(“One bird was confined in a cage, and another bird came and stood upon it. They said to him: Happy are you, for your food is readily available to you. He said to him: Woe to your fortune— you look at my food, but you do not look at my trap.” – Kohelet Rabbah 11)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּמְזוֹנוֹתַי אַתָּה מִסְתַּכֵּל וּבִמְצוּדָתִי אִי אַתָּה מִסְתַּכֵּל?!

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אַתָּה רוֹאֶה רַק אֶת הַצַּד הַטּוֹב שֶׁבְּמַצָּבִי וְלֹא אֶת הַצַּד הַשְּׁלִילִי. אַתָּה מִתְעַלֵּם מֵהַחֶסְרוֹן הָעִקָּרִי (מָשָׁל לְחַיָּה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ מָזוֹן זָמִין אַךְ הִיא מְצוּיָה בַּכְּלוּב. 'מְצוּדָה' מִשְׁמָעָהּ כְּלוּב אוֹ מַלְכֹּדֶת).

("עוֹף אֶחָד הָיָה חָבוּשׁ בַּכְּלוּב וּבָא עוֹף אַחֵר וְעָמַד עַל גַּבּוֹ.אָמְרוּ לוֹ: אַשְׁרֶיךָ שֶׁמְּזוֹנוֹתֶיךָ מְצוּיִים לְךָ. אָמַר לוֹ :בִּישׁ גַּדָּא, בִּמְזוֹנוֹתַי אַתָּה מִסְתַּכֵּל וּבִמְצוּדָתִי אִי אַתָּה מִסְתַּכֵּל"- קֹהֶלֶת רַבָּה יָא)

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