In one breath / All in a breath / In the same breath

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In one breath / All in a breath / In the same breath

In one breath / All in a breath / In the same breath

Speaking continuously without taking a breath. Figuratively: in sequence, without separation between words.

("And you, Parshandata and the ten sons of Haman," said Rav Adda Daman Yaffo: "The ten sons of Haman and ten—he must recite them in one breath" - Megillah 16b, and also: "A city like this has no remedy except by fire! So said my sister-in-law in blessing and poured out all her anger and resentment on the city of London in one breath, and immediately felt relief" - Shalom Aleichem / London Has No Remedy Except by Fire, p. 69)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּנְשִׁימָה אַחַת, אָמַר בִּנְשִׁימָה אַחַת

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּדִבּוּר רָצוּף לְלֹא שְׁאִיפַת אֲוִיר. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בְּרֶצֶף. לְלֹא הַבְחָנָה בֵּין הַדְּבָרִים.

("וְאֵת פַּרְשַׁנְדָּתָא וְגוֹ' עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵי הָמָן, אָמַר רַב אַדָּא דְּמִן יָפוֹ: עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵי הָמָן וַעֲשֶׂרֶת- צָרִיךְ לְמֵמְרִינְהוּ בִּנְשִׁימָה אַחַת"- מְגִלָּה טז ע"ב, וְכֵן:"עִיר אֲשֶׁר כָּזֹאת אֵין לָהּ תַּקָּנָה אֶלָּא בְּאֵשׁ! כָּךְ אָמְרָה גִּיסָתִי בְּרָכָה וְשָׁפְכָה אֶת כָּל זַעְמָהּ וּמֵרִי שִׂיחָה עַל הָעִיר לוֹנְדוֹן בִּנְשִׁימָה אַחַת, וּמִיָּד רָוַח לָהּ"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ לוֹנְדוֹן אֵין לָהּ תַּקָּנָה אֶלָּא בְּאֵשׁ, ריא)

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