petit juif

French

Etymology

From petit (“small”) +‎ juif (“Jew”). Allegedly the expression came from the time when most cloths merchants in France were Jewish, and would regularly hurt their arm on that spot against a bench while measuring fabric by wrapping it around an arm as an 'anthropomorphic' length measure, the aulne (compare ell)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pə.ti ʒɥif/

Noun

petit juif m (plural petits juifs)

funny bone

References

www.expressio.fr a francophone site on expressions in French

单词	petit juif
释义	petit juif French Etymology From petit (“small”) +‎ juif (“Jew”). Allegedly the expression came from the time when most cloths merchants in France were Jewish, and would regularly hurt their arm on that spot against a bench while measuring fabric by wrapping it around an arm as an 'anthropomorphic' length measure, the aulne (compare ell) Pronunciation IPA^(key): /pə.ti ʒɥif/ Noun petit juif m (plural petits juifs) funny bone References www.expressio.fr a francophone site on expressions in French
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