יִיסּוּרֵי טַנְטַלוּס

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Tantalus's Torments

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A phrase for great suffering when a person can see, with their own eyes, the opening to salvation, yet has no ability to reach it.

(Modern Hebrew, בעקבות the mythological story of Tantalus the thirsty man who could not reach the water or the fruit on the tree)