יָרַד עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת אֲחוֹרַנִּית

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Go Down Ten Steps Backward/ to be retrogressing

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively, to fall back noticeably and substantially.

("I will turn back the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz in the sun, ten steps backward; and the sun returned ten steps on the steps by which it had gone down" — Isaiah 38:8, and likewise: "In other words, he had formerly been counted among the very wealthy, but now he went down ten steps backward and fell into a tangle of bad business" — Sh. Aleichem / From Milk, Paz, and likewise: "Our material situation, which had gone down ten steps backward, until the gates of earning and faith were closed" — Berdyczewski / Before and Today, d)