chopped liver

短语

发音

UK /ˈt͡ʃɒpt ˌlɪvə/
AU
US /ˈt͡ʃɑpt ˌlɪvɚ/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken fat”) together with hard-boiled eggs.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.

    幽默 习语 非正式 不可数

词源

Calque of Yiddish געהאַקטע לעבער (gehakte leber), from געהאַקטע (gehakte, “chopped”) (compare the verb האַקן (hakn, “to chop”)) + לעבער (leber, “liver”). According to the Hungarian-American lexicographer and linguist Sol Steinmetz (1930–2010), sense 2 (“person or object not worthy of being noticed”) may be from the fact that chopped liver is served as an appetizer or side dish rather than as a main dish.

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