folg mir a gang

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Definitions

  • sent. It's a long distance.

  • sent. Far be it from me; not a chance.

Example Sentences

  • "Naturally, we cannot meet our bills from the wholesale grocery house. One of their wise guys came to show us how to cut down on credit. Folg mir a gang, tell Mrs. Barsky, or Mrs. Minsk, 'No more.' People that were our customers when you, Abe, just came from the ship. So we couldn't cut them out. But the wholesale house cut us out." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פֿאָלג מיך אַ גאַנג folg mir a gang

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

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