קופצים על המציאה (Kofsim al hamtsi'a)

Meaning: To seize a great opportunity at once.

Language: Hebrew

Literally: To jump on the bargain

Category: Daily Life

Origin: Modern Hebrew; leaping on a lucky 'find' (metsia) pictures grabbing a chance before it slips away.

More idioms — Daily Life

תפסת מרובה לא תפסת (Tafasta merubah lo tafasta) — Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
Розбити глек (Rozbýty hlek) — To fall out and ruin a friendship.
Ăn cơm nhà vác tù và hàng tổng — To do thankless public work at your own expense.
N'hi ha per llogar-hi cadires — The drama is so good it's worth watching like a show.
Déu n'hi do — Wow — that's quite something.
Hy is van sy trollie af — He has lost his mind.

מצא חן בעיניי (matsa chen be'einai) — It pleased me; I liked it.
שבר את הראש (shavar et harosh) — To rack your brains over something.
יצא מכליו (Yatsa miklav) — To lose your temper; to be beside yourself.
חבל על הזמן (Ḥaval ʿal ha-zman) — Amazing, fantastic — though it literally means 'a waste of time'.
על הפנים (al hapanim) — Terrible, awful, in a wretched state.
לאכול סרטים (Le'ekhol sratim) — To overthink and imagine dramatic worst-case scenarios.

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