Examples of 'schlemiel' in a sentence

Meaning of "schlemiel"

Schlemiel (noun): Schlemiel is a Yiddish term used to describe a clumsy, inept, or unlucky person who is prone to making embarrassing mistakes or experiencing misfortune. The schlemiel is a comedic character often found in Jewish humor and storytelling, known for their humorous mishaps and bungling nature. The schlemiel is contrasted with the schlimazel, who is the victim of the schlemiel's misfortune
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  • A loser or a fool.
  • A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally.

How to use "schlemiel" in a sentence

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A schlemiel is the guy who spills soup.
If they will sell one to a stupid old schlemiel.
What kind of schlemiel cheats at penny mah.
Schlemiel stitched the corpse up as best he could.
I do not want to look like a schlemiel.
Jerry is both the schlemiel and the schlimazel of our office.
That is indubitably not the schlemiel.
The inept schlemiel is often presented alongside the unlucky schlimazel.
I look like a schlemiel.
A schlemiel is the guy who spills soup At a fancy party.
That makes you a bit of a Schlemiel.
I am a Schlemiel in the Park.
It means that I am a schlemiel.
That poor schlemiel completely missed the point that Tim did not create the World Wide Web.
No getting bagels, no running errands like a schlemiel.

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What kind of schlemiel cheats at penny mahjongg?
Why else would she marry a schlemiel like you?
Some old schlemiel like you might come along who 's forgot his glasses.
But a soft head, that make a schlemiel and not a businessman.
When I think you are shaping up, you turn into a schlemiel.
And, like any schlemiel it loses in the end.
Where did you get this schlemiel?
It 's for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel . ”.
With today 's inflation, that makes you a schlemiel.
The cosmos… and the one schlemiel who can louse it up.
Wichard, with today 's inflation, that makes you a bit of a schlemiel.
Where does this schlemiel get the idea he 's an actor and a playwright?
Tell him Cooney 's a southern-fried schlemiel.
Schlemiel means “ an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right . ”.
Parks and Recreation ' recap, Let us hear it for the schlemiel and schlemazel.
You see, that 's the schlemiel I have got for a brother.
With all due respect, Mr Wichard, with today 's inflation, that makes you a bit of a schlemiel.
Schlemiel the Painter's algorithm.
I mean, look at me . I look like a schlemiel.
It means I'm a schlemiel.
In Russian that 's a great compliment . It means that I am a schlemiel.
Look at me, I look like a schlemiel.
To be administered by executors, because she is an A-1 schlemiel.
You look fine, Pops . I look like a schlemiel.

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