How do you use Megillah in a sentence?
Megillah in a Sentence
- After spending thousands of dollars and countless hours piecing together her elaborate wedding, Jennifer wished she would have skipped the whole megillah.
- Although they wanted it to be an intimate affair, the couple’s dinner party quickly morphed into a huge megillah with hundreds of guests.
Where did the phrase the whole Magilla come from?
So it isn’t surprising that the whole Megillah (in the Yiddish from which American English borrowed it, gantse Megillah) came to be a wry term for an overly extended explanation or story, or for something tediously complicated, or an involved situation or state of affairs.
What does Schmegegge mean?
nonsense
Definitions of schmegegge. (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense. synonyms: shmegegge. type of: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality. a message that seems to convey no meaning.
What is meaning of Duck Soup?
duck soup. An easily accomplished task or assignment, a cinch to succeed, as in Fixing this car is going to be duck soup. This expression gained currency as the title of a hilarious popular movie by the Marx Brothers (1933).
What does keep it on the QT mean?
informal. : in a secret or quiet way All the arrangements were made on the q.t. This information is private, so keep it on the q.t.
What is the meaning of down in the dumps?
Definition of down in the dumps informal. : feeling very sad I guess I’m just down in the dumps.
Where does the word Megillah come from?
Although megillah is a slang word in English, it has perfectly respectable Hebrew origins. Megillah derives from the Yiddish megile, which itself comes from the Hebrew word mĕgillāh, meaning “scroll” or “volume.” ( Mĕgillāh is especially likely to be used in reference to the Book of Esther, which is read aloud…
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What are some examples of Yiddish exclamations?
Ech – A groan, a disparaging exclamation Ech mir (eppes) – Humorous, disparaging remark about anything. e.g. “American Pie ech mir a movie?” Efsher – Maybe, could be Ei! Ei! – Yiddish exclamation equivalent to the English “Oh!” Eingeshpahrt – Stubborn Eingetunken – Dipped, dunked