Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
משל עולם כמנהגו נוהג
English translation:
life goes on (as always)(as if nothing happened)
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AlisaIWW
Aug 18, 2009 21:45
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Hebrew term
משל עולם כמנהגו נוהג
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משל עולם כמנהגו נוהג
any idea what this phrase means?
any idea what this phrase means?
Proposed translations
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| 5 | life goes on (as if nothing happened) |
AlisaIWW
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| 4 +1 | the saying "life goes on", "nothing new under the sun" |
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Sep 4, 2009 15:49: AlisaIWW changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1108129">KMichal's</a> old entry - "משל עולם כמנהגו נוהג"" to ""life goes on (as always)(as if nothing happened) ""
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life goes on (as if nothing happened)
http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/cgi-bin/kodesh/search_adv.pl
If there is an equivalent existing idiom in English, I am unaware of it.
If there is an equivalent existing idiom in English, I am unaware of it.
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the saying "life goes on", "nothing new under the sun"
http://www.safa-ivrit.org/exp-abc/ayin/עולם כמנהגו נוהג
העולם ממשיך במהלכו בדיוק כמו קודם.
נאמר לרוב ביחס לאירוע חריג שלא השפיע על העולם אלא רק על המעורבים בו.
מהתלמוד: ע"ז נד ב.
העולם ממשיך במהלכו בדיוק כמו קודם.
נאמר לרוב ביחס לאירוע חריג שלא השפיע על העולם אלא רק על המעורבים בו.
מהתלמוד: ע"ז נד ב.
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AlisaIWW
: But not "nothing new under the sun", which means something different.
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Thanks, Alisa. Both definitions are according to the dictionary :)
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