chopped liver
A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in fat]] together with hard-boiled eggs.
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Born ~1930 · 1 year of recorded useDefinitions
A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in fat]] together with hard-boiled eggs.
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.
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(idiomatic, humorous, informal) A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
“What about the 2/3 of Americans who do NOT identify with the Republican Party, Donald? Are you not duty-bound to represent them? Are they just chopped liver? Presidents before Trump at least made an effort to represent the whole country!”
“What about the 2/3 of Americans who do NOT identify with the Republican Party, Donald? Are you not duty-bound to represent them? Are they just chopped liver? Presidents before Trump at least made an effort to represent the whole country!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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