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Go to Canossa

By analogy: being forced to apologize under humiliating conditions.

(Modern Hebrew according to the story about Emperor Henry IV who apologized before the Pope residing in Canossa)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הָלַךְ לְקָנוֹסָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: נֵאָלֵץ לְהִתְנַצֵּל בִּתְנָאִים מַשְׁפִּילִים.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה עַל פִּי הַמְּסֻפָּר עַל הַקֵּיסָר הַיְנְרִיךְ הָרְבִיעִי שֶׁהִתְנַצֵּל בִּפְנֵי הָאַפִּיפְיוֹר שֶׁיָּשַׁב בְּקָנוֹסָה)

Keyword

apology humiliating conditions Canossa emperor pope

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