the whole megillah N. Amer. — the whole megillah N. Amer. informal something in its entirety. → Megillah … English new terms dictionary
Megillah — [mə gɪlə] noun each of the books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther) appointed to be read on certain Jewish notable days. Phrases the whole megillah N. Amer. informal something in its… … English new terms dictionary
megillah — noun Etymology: Yiddish megile, from Hebrew mĕgillāh scroll, volume (used especially of the Book of Esther, read aloud at the Purim celebration) Date: 1943 slang a long involved story or account < the whole megillah > … New Collegiate Dictionary
megillah — n A tediously detailed account. You don t have to give me the whole megillah, just the highlights. 1940s … Historical dictionary of American slang
megillah — noun (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account he insisted on giving us the whole megillah • Topics: ↑Yiddish • Hypernyms: ↑report, ↑account … Useful english dictionary
megillah — long, tedious, complicated story, 1957, from Yiddish (e.g. a gantse Megillah a whole megillah ), lit. roll, scroll, collective name of the five Old Testament books appointed to be read on certain feast days, from Hebrew meghillah, from galal he… … Etymology dictionary
The Return to Zion — ( he. שיבת ציון, Shivat Tzion , or שבי ציון, Shavei Tzion , lit. Zion Returnees ) is a term that refers to the event in which the Jews returned to the Land of Israel from the Babylonian exile following the decree by the Persian King Cyrus, the… … Wikipedia
megillah — /meuh gil euh/; for 2 also Seph. Heb. /meuh gee lah /, n., pl. megillahs, Seph. Heb. megilloth, megillot / gee lawt /. 1. Slang. a. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not a whole megillah. b. a lengthy and… … Universalium
whole — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) The complete thing Nouns 1. whole, totality, totalness, integrity; entirety, ensemble, collectiveness; unity, completeness, indivisibility, integration, embodiment; integer. 2. the whole, all, everything … English dictionary for students
SYNAGOGUE, THE GREAT — (Heb. כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה, Keneset ha Gedolah). Chronology The institution of the Great Synagogue, or perhaps, more correctly, the Great Assembly, belongs to that period of Jewish history which is still virtually a complete blank, namely the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
me|gil|lah — «muh GIHL uh», noun. Slang. a long story or account: »I talked the whole megillah over with Cassius and he reckons you d be a better draw (Punch). ╂[< Hebrew megīllah scroll (especially the scroll of the Book of Esther, which is unrolled and… … Useful english dictionary
