Expressions (A–Z)

T

• Taken out of the presumption that..., removed from the presumption that...

  No longer under the presumption that he is...; the assumption that... no longer...

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• Tantalus's Torments

  A phrase for great suffering when a person can see, with their own eyes, the ope...

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• Teach Us, Our Master/ Please teach us

  A respectful address to a rabbi or other wise person, asking them to teach or to...

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• Tehran Children

  A group of 719 children who arrived in the Land of Israel in 1943 from Poland af...

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• Terrible child

  See: “the terrible child of...”.

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• Test-tube baby

  (Old slang) A person born through in vitro fertilization.

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• That's nice of you

  A compliment to someone who did something they were not obligated to do.

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• The Awl Has Come Out of the Sack

  Figuratively: the true reason for something has been revealed; the real motive b...

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• The day is ending

  See: "The day is ending."

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• The day on which 'ki tov' is doubled, twice 'ki tov'/ Tuesday

  A nickname for Tuesday. Figuratively: a day blessed with great success (from the...

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