קופצים על המציאה
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 — Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
- Розбити глек — 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.
More Hebrew idioms
- מצא חן בעיניי — It pleased me; I liked it.
- שבר את הראש — To rack your brains over something.
- יצא מכליו — To lose your temper; to be beside yourself.
- חבל על הזמן — Amazing, fantastic — though it literally means 'a waste of time'.
- על הפנים — Terrible, awful, in a wretched state.
- לאכול סרטים — To overthink and imagine dramatic worst-case scenarios.
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