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Hebrew idiomatic expressions שלום לכולם! What Hebrew idiomatic expressions are common in day to day conversation? What expressions do you think would be fun to learn?

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אין שכל - אין דאגות That means that if someone is stupid, this person cares about nothing.
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החיים דבש = The life is (sweet as) honey = everything is wonderful החיים בזבל = The life is in the litter = everything is bad לכל סיר יש מכסה = Every pot has a/its lig = everybody finds somebody to get married to כלב נובח לא נושך = Barking dog doesn't bite = He is just doing a lot of noise, don't take him seriously (it is common to mispronounce the נושך as nosheach imstead of noshech when saying this proverb..)
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There are a lot. ראש בקיר literally -head in the wall Figuratively - someone who doesn't take no for an answer and if he has to he'll bash his head through the wall to get it. אם אין אני לי מי לי literally - If I'm not for me, then who is for me? Figurative - If I don't look out for myself who will?
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1 רגלים על הקרקע ( או שתי רגלים על הקרקע ) פירוש מילולי: legs on the ground פירוש מהותי: realistic person a 2 ההפך מרגלים על הקרקע: ראש בעננים פירוש מילולי: head in the clouds פירוש מהותי: un realistic person an חי בסרט פירוש מילולי: leaving in a movie פירוש מהותי: un realistic person an 3 פרפרים בבטן פירוש מילולי: butterfly in the stomach פירוש מהותי: excited before a meeting/audition/date etc.

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