The dutch word for hangover is kater, which also means male cat. It might have a common root, but it might have gotten in Dutch via Jiddish. Dutch bargoens, 18th and 19th century street slang, borrowed a lot of jiddish words.
My (Litvak) paternal grandmother used to say "ער איז אַ מבין ווי אַ קאַץ אויף הייוון" ("he's an expert the way a cat is an expert in yeast") to refer to someone who considers themselves an expert at something but actually knows nothing. I've never heard this outside of my father's family. Is it common?
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The dutch word for hangover is kater, which also means male cat. It might have a common root, but it might have gotten in Dutch via Jiddish. Dutch bargoens, 18th and 19th century street slang, borrowed a lot of jiddish words.
Funnily enough, the German word for hangover is the same - der Kater!
Reminds me of the composer B. Smetana!
My (Litvak) paternal grandmother used to say "ער איז אַ מבין ווי אַ קאַץ אויף הייוון" ("he's an expert the way a cat is an expert in yeast") to refer to someone who considers themselves an expert at something but actually knows nothing. I've never heard this outside of my father's family. Is it common?
Similar to Polish expression for cat (kotec), I used to pronouce as "Kotex" whereupon my mother would say, "oh, tha's something else".
Say jesundt. No Kovid! 😾
Brave boy 33
Smetane is actually sweet cream, not sour cream. It comes from the Polish word, shmetana.
In Russian сметана is soured cream
You spelled Smietana very bad.
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Brave boy 33