the seventh water after kissel: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  British Englishdialectalorigin: Slavic/Yiddish phraseinformalhumorousfigurative
  • A description of a person who is very distantly related or only marginally connected; extremely remote in kinship.
  • Figuratively, something or someone regarded as negligible, insignificant, or of very little relevance or importance.

  Examples

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  • When asked about his family ties, he admitted he was the seventh water after kissel, barely related at all.

    Cuando le preguntaron sobre sus lazos familiares, admitió que era el séptimo agua después del kissel, apenas relacionado.

  • She's so distantly connected to the royal family, she's practically the seventh water after kissel.

    Ella está tan remotamente conectada a la familia real que es prácticamente el séptimo agua después del kissel.

  • In that huge family reunion, I felt like the seventh water after kissel, no one really knew me.

    En esa gran reunión familiar, me sentí como el séptimo agua después del kissel, nadie realmente me conocía.