| 单词 | to make a tsimmes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a tsimmes (over, about, etc.) 2. colloquial (U.S. and in Jewish usage). A fuss; chiefly in to make a tsimmes (over, about, etc.). Also less commonly: a muddled or confused affair; a mess. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of viretotec1386 moving?a1439 reela1450 stir1487 songa1500 pirrie1536 hurly-burly1548 make-a-do1575 confusions1599 the hunt is upa1625 ruffle1642 fuss1701 fraction1721 fizza1734 dust1753 noration1773 steeriea1776 splorea1791 rook1808 piece of work1810 curfuffle1813 squall1813 rookerya1820 stushie1824 shindy1829 shine1832 hurroosh1836 fustle1839 upsetting1847 shinty1848 ructions1862 vex1862 houp-la1870 set-out1875 hoodoo1876 tingle-tangle1880 shemozzle1885 take-on1893 dust-up1897 hoo-ha1931 tra-la-la1933 gefuffle1943 tzimmes1945 kerfuffle1946 1945 Jewish Post (Indianapolis) 21 Sept. Tzimmes in the vernacular has come to mean ‘making a fuss’ over anything, in a purely favorable and friendly way. To ‘make a Tzimmes’ over anyone or anything is to specially honor the person, place, thing or occasion. 1946 D. Runyon Short Takes 199 Why is he making a big tsimmis out of a grunt? 1970 S. Ellin Bind xxxviii. 186 I'll be owing money before this tzimmis is over. 1974 R. L. Simon Wild Turkey (1976) vii. 39 Why are you making such a tsimmis? Hecht is dead. 1993 R. R. Linden Making Stories, making Selves iii. 32 I recalled my decision in the ninth grade to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance... What a tsimmes (‘upset’) that caused. 2014 S. St. Laurent & J. D. Eisenberg Introducing Elixir xiii. 173 Why, then, has this chapter made such a big tzimmes about macros, if you aren't encouraged to use them? < as lemmas |
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