Megillah

whole megillah

Also, whole schmeer. Everything, every aspect or element, as in The accountant went through the whole megillah all over again, or Her divorce lawyer took him for the house, the car, the whole schmeer. The first term alludes to the Megillah, five books of the Bible read on certain Jewish feast days and considered by some to be very long and tedious. Schmeer is Yiddish for "smear" or "smudge." [Slang; second half of 1900s]

megillah

(məˈgɪlə)

n. a long and complicated story. (From Hebrew megillah via Yiddish.) Here you come in here with this megillah about a flat tire and how your brother-in-law stole your jack and how your arthritis is kicking up—what do you think I am, some sort of shoulder to cry on?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ivor	IE-vawr (English), EE-vawr (English)	Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
Romeo	['rəumiəu]
Ece	e-JE	Turkish
Heck	-	Scottish
Chrysanthe	-	Ancient Greek
Trinity	TRIN-i-tee	English