זְעֵיר בּוּרְגָּנִי

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Petty Bourgeois

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A man of middle rank, a man of simple means. An urban man of middle rank (from the Hebrew word bergan, meaning a fortress or a place surrounded by a wall with a tower, hence bergan means a place of honor)

("As he was walking, a man came upon him at night and in darkness. He returned and came to the gatekeeper, and he would shout and ask him to open the door for him. The gatekeeper said to him, "The gatekeepers have no way to open at night, and the gatekeepers have no way to receive at this hour." - Midrash Tehillim (Buber) Psalm 10)