Woe to the dough whose baker testifies that it is bad

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Woe to the dough whose baker testifies that it is bad

Woe to the dough whose baker testifies that it is bad

Figuratively: Something is truly bad if even its creator admits that it is flawed.

("Woe to the dough whose baker testifies that it is bad" – Midrash Tehillim (Buber), Psalm 103)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אוֹי לָהּ לְאוֹתָהּ עִסָּה שֶׁהַנַּחְתּוֹם מֵעִיד עָלֶיהָ שֶׁהִיא רָעָה

Definition (Hebrew)

גָּרוּעַ מְאוֹד, בִּמְיֻחָד לְאוֹר הָעֻבְדָּה שֶׁהָאָדָם שֶׁאַחְרַאי לִיצִירַת הַדָּבָר מֵעִיד עָלָיו שֶׁהוּא גָּרוּעַ (מִכָּאן נִגְזַר פִּתְגָּם אַחֵר: "אֵין הַנַּחְתּוֹם מֵעִיד עַל עִסָּתוֹ", לְפִיו מִי שֶׁאַחְרַאי עַל דָּבָר מְסֻיָּם אֵינוֹ נֶחְשָׁב לְאוֹבְּיֶקְטִיבִי בִּהְיוֹתוֹ מְעֹרָב בַּעֲשִׂיָּתוֹ. נַחְתֹּם מַשְׁמָע אוֹפֶה)

("אָמַר ר' חַיָּא: אוֹי לָהּ לְאוֹתָהּ עִסָּה שֶׁהַנַּחְתּוֹם מֵעִיד עָלֶיהָ שֶׁהִיא רָעָה" – מִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים (בּוּבֶּר) מִזְמוֹר קג)

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