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shlemiel
shle·miel S0136800 (shlə-mēl′)n. Slang Variant of schlemiel.schle•miel or shle•miel (ʃləˈmil)
n. Slang. an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right. [1890–95; < Yiddish shlemil < Hebrew shəlumī'ēl Shelumiel, a Biblical figure] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | shlemiel - (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bunglerschlemielYiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew scriptsimpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense |
shlemiel
shlemielslang A bumbling, inept, incompetent person; someone who always tends to fail or do things wrong. From Yiddish. What a bunch of shlemiels! First they get my order wrong, then they send it to the wrong address, and now they're trying to refund me the wrong amount of money! Jeff is managing the project? That shlemiel couldn't manage his own sock drawer.schlemielslang A bumbling, inept, incompetent person; someone who always tends to fail or do things wrong. From Yiddish. What a bunch of schlemiels! First they get my order wrong, then they send it to the wrong address, and now they're trying to refund me the wrong amount of money! Jeff is managing the project? That schlemiel couldn't manage his own sock drawer.schlemiel and schlemihl and shlemiel (ʃləˈmil) n. a gullible person; a loser. (From Hebrew Shelumiel via Yiddish.) See if you can get that schlemiel to buy the Brooklyn Bridge. shlemiel verbSee schlemielshlemiel
Related to shlemiel: schlepSynonyms for shlemielnoun (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bunglerSynonymsRelated Words |