We have no one to rely on but... We can rely only on...

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We have no one to rely on but... We can rely only on...

We have no one to rely on but... We can rely only on...

An expression emphasizing that there is no support or help from an external source, and therefore one must rely only on a particular entity or on oneself.

("His father said to him: Why do you wish to go and leave us? For we are old and advanced in days and very wealthy, and we have no one to rely on but you. It is good for you to be with us and stay under our protection." – Otzar HaMidrashim (Eisenstein), Tales, p. 341)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין לָנוּ עַל מִי לִסְמֹךְ אֶלָּא עַל ... אָנוּ יְכוֹלִים לִסְמֹךְ אַךְ וְרַק עַל...

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּטּוּי הַמַּדְגִּישׁ שֶׁאֵין תְּמִיכָה אוֹ עֶזְרָה מִמָּקוֹר חִיצוֹנִי, וְלָכֵן יֵשׁ לְהִשָּׁעֵן רַק עַל גּוֹרֵם מְסֻיָּם אוֹ עַל עַצְמֵנוּ.

("אָמַר לוֹ אָבִיו: מָה לְךָ לִילָךְ וְלַעֲזֹב אוֹתָנוּ כִּי אֲנַחְנוּ זְקֵנִים וּבָאִים בַּיָּמִים ועשירים מְאֹד, וְאֵין לָנוּ עַל מִי לִסְמֹךְ אֶלָּא עָלַיִךְ, וְטוֹב לְךָ לִהְיוֹת עִמָּנוּ ולהתלונן בצלנו"- אוֹצֵר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים (אַיְזֶנְשְׁטֵיְן) מעשיות, 341)

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