English Dictionary

chopped liver

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈt͡ʃɒpt ˌlɪvə/

名詞

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A Jewish pâté-like food made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken fat”) together with hard-boiled eggs; it is usually spread on to bread.

日本語の意味

ユダヤ料理の、牛または鶏のレバーとタマネギ、ゆで卵をシュマルツ（鶏脂）で調理したパテ状の食品。通常、パンに塗って食べる。

At the family gathering, my grandmother served her famous chopped liver alongside fresh rye bread.

家族の集まりで、祖母は自家製の有名なユダヤ風レバーペーストを新鮮なライ麦パンと一緒に出した。

意味（1）

A Jewish pâté-like food made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken fat”) together with hard-boiled eggs; it is usually spread on to bread.

The French say they are chopped liver experts. But you will decide whether Mrs. Weinberg, her mother, her mother's mother and her mother's mother's mother knew the secret of real chopped liver—long before the French did.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, humorous, informal) A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.

You've been nice enough, but what am I, chopped liver or something?