The Usurping Complainer

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The Usurping Complainer

The Usurping Complainer

Ironically: a person of abilities or authority who complains about being harmed. Or: a perpetrator of injustice who attempts to cover his deeds through complaints against the victim.

(Modern Hebrew following similar expression in Yiddish)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הַקּוֹזָק הַנִּגְזָל

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּאִירוֹנְיָה: אָדָם בַּעַל יְכוֹלוֹת אוֹ סַמְכוּיוֹת הַמִּתְלוֹנֵן כִּי נִפְגַּע. אוֹ: מְבַצֵּעַ עַוְלָה הַמְּנֻסֶנ לְחַפּוֹת עַל מַעֲשָׂיו תּוֹךְ הִתְלוֹנְנוּת כְּנֶגֶד הַקָּרְבָּן.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה בְּעִקְבוֹת בִּטּוּי זֵהֶה בְּיִידִישׁ)

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