The Jerusalem Bridge
תותח
totakh
a legend; someone who kills it (lit. 'cannon') · noun, masculine (fem. תותחית / totakhit)
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Your friend rewires the router in three minutes while you're still reading the manual. In Hebrew, the perfect praise for that is to call him a cannon.

אחי, סידרת את כל הבלגן בעשר דקות, אתה תותח.

Bro, you sorted out the whole mess in ten minutes, you're a legend.

Think of the last time someone really impressed you with their skill. What did they do, and would you call them a 'totakh' for it?

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Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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