not a reed-cutter

Not one who cuts reeds. Figuratively: not simply a common or simple person.

("Are we reed-cutters in the swamp?!"—Sanhedrin 33a; also: "And do you think I am a reed-cutter? Who am I?"—Bialik, Random Notes, The Deckhand, Hunger; also: "As is known, even Sarah’s husband is not a reed-cutter in the swamp... I saw his name written in Latin letters"—Agnon, Upon the Handles of the Lock, In Our Youth and in Our Old Age, 267; also: "The proud sons of Aram Tzova... at the cantor’s correct maqam, wave a hand and casually mention the maqam’s name, to show that they too are versed in cantorial art, and are not reed-cutters in the swamp"—Haim Sabato, Like the Lids of Dawn, 110)

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