Shoot and Cry

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Shoot and Cry

Figuratively: go to war with sorrow at being forced to kill.

(Modern Hebrew, following an article and a book by journalist Nahum Barnea)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יוֹרִים וּבוֹכִים

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: יוֹצְאִים לְמִלְחָמָה מִתּוֹךְ צַעַר עַל כָּךְ שֶׁנֶּאֱלָצִים לַהֲרֹוג.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה בְּעִקְבוֹת מַאֲמָר וְסֵפֶר שֶׁל הָעִתּוֹנַאי נַחוּם בַּרְנֵעַ)

Keyword

sorrow war figuratively kill

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