chopped liver
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Fanny is made to feel like chopped liver in the looks department, but the star radiance of these performers couldn’t help poking through the character’s humble beginnings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024
“I love the idea of treating chopped liver like caviar,” he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022
Will the sparks fly over the chopped liver as each tries to out-chutzpah the other?
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022
I grew up on the chicken livers, blissfully unaware of how divisive they are — until the fateful day I heard the phrase, "What am I, chopped liver?"
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2021
When I woke later on, I opened the lunch bag Mameh had packed for me and inside, tucked between the knishes and matzoh balls and chopped liver, was her Polish passport, with her picture inside.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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