Day of Honey, Day of Onion
Metaphorically: there are days of joy and there are days of sorrow in a person's life.
(Modern Hebrew adopted the Arabic proverb, whose meaning is "day of honey, day of shade")
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יוֹם עַסַל יוֹם בַּסַל
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: יֶשְׁנָם יְמֵי שִׂמְחָה וְיֶשְׁנָם יְמֵי עֶצֶב בְּחַיֵּי הָאָדָם.
(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה בְּאִימּוּץ הַפִּתְגָּם הָעֲרָבִי שֶׁמִּשְׁמָעוֹ "יוֹם דְּבַשׁ יוֹם בְּצֵל")