#137 Exaggerate? Moi?

In Israel you'll come across plenty of people who get carried away, overreact to things, or go over the top. How do you deal with these people? What should you say to them in Hebrew? Guy explains what you should say when you're overcharged for something that should be really cheap, and what you should do with your hands when someone is saying something totally exaggerated.

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New Words and Expressions:

Al tagzim/tagzimi/tagzimu – Don't exaggerate – אל תגזים/תגזימי/תגזימו

At magzima – You exaggerate – את מגזימה

Dai, ata magzim – Stop it, you exaggerate – די, אתה מגזים

Lo tsarich lehagzim – There's no need to exaggerate – לא צריך להגזים

Hagzama – Exaggeration – הגזמה

"Ani tsarich lomar, ve-im ktsat hagzama" – I must say, and with a bit of exaggeration – אני צריך לומר, ועם קצת הגזמה

Eize hagzamot – Such an exaggeration – איזה הגזמות

Moogzam – Exaggerated – מוגזם

Ipoor moogzam – Too much makeup – איפור מוגזם

Ze ma-ze moogzam – It's way too much – זה מה-זה מוגזם

Achalti be-keta moogzam – I ate way too much – אכלתי בקטע מוגזם

Ai yai – You're getting carried away (exclamation) – איי יאי

Ai yai, mi she-yishmah – You're getting carried away – איי יאי, מי שישמע

"Mi she-yishma, efshar lachshov mi at" – Who do you think you are? (You're not that special) – מי שישמע, אפשר לחשוב מי את

Ani nischefet – I am getting carried away – אני נסחפת

Nischafta/Nischaft/nischaftem – You got carried away – נסחפת/נסחפת/נסחפתם

Nahar sochef – Sweeping river – נהר סוחף

Eize hisachfut – That's so over the top – איזה היסחפות

Mamash – As if – ממש

"Ani yotze be-xamesh ba-boker kedey lihyot batua'ach she-ani agi'a le-yerushalayim lifnei shmoneh" – I am leaving at 5am to be sure I'll make it to Jerusalem before 8am – אני יוצא בחמש בבוקר כדי להיות בטוח שאני אגיע לירושלים לפני שמונה

Playlist and Clips:

Hava Alberstein – Machshava Tova (lyrics)

Ran Efron – Rak Od Yom (lyrics)

Yossi Banai – Hatsotsrat Ha-tehila (lyrics)

Georges Brassens – Les Trompettes de la Renommée

Sarit Haddad – Or Kochav (lyrics)

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