בָּא כַּשֶּׁמֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו

ביטוי (אנגלית)

it was pleasant for him, like balm to his bones

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: He received it with joy. The thing was most pleasant to him.

("He wore cursing as his garment; it came like water into his inward parts, and like oil into his bones" – Psalms 109:18 (in literal meaning), and also: "But that conversation of hints that we spoke between us came like the good oil into my bones and like cold water to a thirsty soul" – J. Burla, Longing, 76, and also: "From doughy pastry, from the bread of her tears / and I will sup, and her sigh came into my bones" – H.N. Bialik, My Songs, and also: "The oil that came into the bones of Rabbi Lipa apparently did its work" – Bialik, The Short Sixth Day, G)