חמור נושא ספרים

Hebrew

Etymology

Literally, “a jackass carrying books”. Calque of Arabic كَمَثَلِ ٱلْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًا (kamaṯali l-ḥimāri yaḥmilu ʔasfāran) (Qur'an 62:5).

Noun

חֲמוֹר נוֹשֵׂא סְפָרִים • (khamór nosé sfarím) m

  1. (idiomatic, derogatory) One with access to great knowledge, or who has such knowledge, but does not make use of it.

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