chopped liver

Etymology


, from (compare the verb ) +.

According to the Hungarian-American lexicographer and linguist (1930–2010), sense 2 (“person or object not worthy of being noticed”) may be from the fact that chopped liver is served as an appetizer or side dish rather than as a main dish.

Noun

 * 1) A Jewish pâté-like food made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in  together with hard-boiled eggs; it is usually spread on to bread.
 * 2)  A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
 * 1)  A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
 * 1)  A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
 * 1)  A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
 * 1)  A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
 * 1)  A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.

Translations

 * Catalan: fetge picat
 * Finnish: jauhettu maksa
 * German: gehackte Leber
 * Hebrew: כבד קצוץ
 * Indonesian: hati cincang
 * Persian: جگر خردشده
 * Serbo-Croatian: jetreni namaz
 * Spanish: hígado picado
 * Yiddish: געהאַקטע לעבער


 * French:
 * Italian: mezzacalzetta