Here is Rhodes, here jump (כָּאן רוֹדוּס כָּאן קְפֹוץ)

Here is Rhodes, here jump

Figuratively: this is the time and place to prove your ability.

(Modern Hebrew, based on an Aesop fable about a man who bragged about a special jump in Rhodes)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כָּאן רוֹדוּס כָּאן קְפֹוץ

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: זֶה הַזְּמַן וְהַמָּקוֹם לְהוֹכִיחַ אֶת הַיְּכֹולֶת.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה עַל פִּי מָשָׁל שֶׁל אִיזוֹפוֹס עַל אָדָם שֶׁהִתְרַבְרֵב בִּקְפִיצָה מְיֻוחֶדֶת בְּרוֹדוֹס)

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