יוֹם סַגְרִיר

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Gloomy day/ rainy day

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A rainy, cloudy day. Figuratively: a difficult period. Or: old age (in its original sense, sagrir meant heavy rain).

("A dripping leak on a rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike" - Proverbs 27:15, and also: "Rava said: A bad woman is hard like a gloomy day" - Yevamot 63b, and also: "On a gloomy day, on a day of thunderous rains / and the sound of lightning and the rolling of thunder" - Meshallam ben Shlomo Dipyara (13th century) / On a gloomy day, and also: "My mother's portrait on the piano / solving riddles and dreams / even on days without desire / days of gloom, days of slack hands" - Naomi Shemer / My Mother's Portrait)