[Cz-L] Bei der rebetzen im bett

Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>

I do not know the origin of the expression, but it was used often
and means great disorder. I wonder whether some of these expressions
were taken from popular theatre plays, or popular stories.

I remember a play, in which a man goes out to buy cigarettes
and only comes back some years later.
 From this came the expression: "er is gegangen koyfen papirosalech".
Meaning: he inconsiderately, left for his own reason and no one knows
when he will be back.

We also said: SCHMERL AUF REISEN. Meaning: Nu, look who is traveling now!

Does anyone know, why a bad housewife was called a SCHLIMISALNETZE?
After all, a Schlimazel was a man of bad luck, not of bad habits.

Mimi
  

> Dear all,
>
> This is a poll to find out how many among my fellow Czernowitzer specialists
> in Yiddish and its folklore know the meaning of the expression "Wie ba (bei,
> in German) der Rebetzin in Bett" and more importantly, what is the
> background for that expression.
> Hopefully, by the end of next week, I'll analyse the results and provide you
> my comments.
>
> Regards, Abraham K.
>
>


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