Expressions (A–Z)
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eat out of someone's hand
Earned a living and found his livelihood with someone...
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Eat someone for breakfast
Figuratively: capable of overcoming someone easily; or much more talented than t...
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Eaters of carcasses and treif, eaters of pig
People who eat non-kosher foods. A derogatory term for non-observant or secular...
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Eaters of legumes
People who follow the halakhic tradition that permits eating legumes (kitniyot)...
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Eating a piece of felt
See: "Eating a piece of felt"
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Eats a stinking fish, gets whipped, and pays a hundred maneh
Figuratively: punished with every possible punishment. Foolishness that leads to...
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Eats like a pig
See: "Like a pig".
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Ego Trip / Inflated Ego
A person absorbed in themselves with a sense of self-importance. “Admires themse...
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Egoism / Self-love
Love in which a person loves themselves. Figuratively: egoism.
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Either friends like Job’s friends, or death
Good friends, like Job’s friends, or death. Figuratively: a person needs good fr...
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