[Cz-L] Czernowitz less than polite expressions,

Among the Czernowitz less polite expressions, there are three,
all pertaining to conceited persons.
The first in German:

EIN EINGEBILDETER TROTTEL, means: a conceited oaf.

One in Yiddish:

ER GLEYBT ER PISHT MIT BOIMEL, he thinks he pees oil.

Another one in Yiddish:

SIE SHTEKT SACH FEYDERN IN TUCHES, she stick feathers on her bottom.
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