Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitz less than polite expressions,

The "Pisht mit Boimel " , if I remember well, was used to describe very "
frume"
religious women.
  " Boimel" for oil hat a religious connotation.
 Hardy
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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
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Subject: [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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