To tar and feather (גִּלְגֵּל אוֹתוֹ בְּזֶפֶת וּבְנוֹצוֹת)

To tar and feather (גִּלְגֵּל אוֹתוֹ בְּזֶפֶת וּבְנוֹצוֹת)

To tar and feather

By metaphor: caused him public disgrace and humiliation of great magnitude.

(Modern Hebrew)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גִּלְגֵּל אוֹתוֹ בְּזֶפֶת וּבְנוֹצוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: גָּרַם לוֹ לְבוּשָׁה וּבִזָּיוֹן גָּדוֹל בְּפַרְהֶסְיָה.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)

Keyword

metaphor humiliation tar feathers disgrace

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