אַרײַנלייגן אַ פֿינגער אין מויל

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Literally, “to place one’s finger in another's mouth”.

Verb

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אַרײַנלייגן אַ פֿינגער אין מויל • (araynleygn a finger in moyl) (past participle אַרײַנגעלייגט אַ פֿינגער אין מויל (arayngeleygt a finger in moyl)) (idiomatic)

  1. to explain things in detail[1]

Conjugation

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Conjugation of אַרײַנלייגן אַ פֿינגער אין מויל: see אַרײַנלייגן.

References

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    2011 January 12, Shaul Seidler-Feller, Shulamit Seidler-Feller, “Moyl - מויל”, in Yiddish Word of the Week‎[1] (overall work in English):
    Phrases with moyl: [...]; araynleygn a finger in moyl (אריינלייגן א פינגער אין מויל) - to explain things in detail (lit., to place one’s finger in another’s mouth)
    Phrases vith moyl: [...]; araynleygn a finger in moyl (areynleygn a finger in moyl) - to explain things in detail (lit., to place one’s finger in another’s mouth)
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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