העלפֿאַנד
'elephant'

ETYMOLOGY

The idiom מאַכן פֿון אַ פֿליג אַ העלפֿאַנד 'to make an elephant out of a fly (i.e., a mountain out of a molehill)' appears to be a calque of Polish robić z muchy słonia.

CENTRAL

HASIDIC

AMERICA

ɛləˈfantn̩ <עלעפאנטן>