Expressions (A–Z)
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Jest/ derision/ laughing-stock
Laughter and jesting. To mock and ridicule (in Aramaic huqa means laughter. Ital...
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Mocking arrows
The words of a derogatory joke.
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Stick out the tongue/ slander/ threat
To stick out the tongue. Figuratively, in literary usage: to speak ill; to sneer...
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The door turns on its hinge and the lazy man on his bed
A mockery of the lazy person who sleeps excessively or is too lazy to get up fro...
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There is no generation without jesters
In every generation there are frivolous people who mock all serious matters (her...
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To open one's mouth/ to utter half-heartedly/ (verbosity/ slander)
Figuratively: To murmur with one's mouth. To lengthen one's tongue. Or: To say w...
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To put out his tongue
By metaphor: to mock him. He expressed his disdain openly toward him.
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Woe to that one… and woe to that one…
An expression of pity or mockery toward someone or something in an unfortunate o...
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Words of Jest
Words of mockery. Jests. Jokes and words of humor.
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