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עוֹנַת הַמְּלָפְפוֹנִים
ONAT HA-MELAFEFONIM
The cucumber’s season
This expression is related to the world of media and describes a period in which there is no sensational news, so the TV people talk about things that are not important and not that interesting.
הַבִּיטּוּי הַזֶּה קָשׁוּר לְעוֹלַם הַתִּקְשׁוֹרֶת וְהוּא מְתָאֵר תְּקוּפָה שֶׁאֵין בָּהּ חֲדָשׁוֹת מַרְעִישׁוֹת אָז אַנְשֵׁי הַטֵּלֵוִיזְיָה מְדַבְּרִים עַל דְּבָרִים לֹא חֲשׁוּבִים וְלֹא כָּל כָּךְ מְעַנְיְנִים.
It is mainly about the summer season when everyone is on vacation, so there is no news!
בְּעִיקָּר מְדוּבָּר עַל עוֹנַת הַקַּיִץ שֶׁבָּהּ כּוּלָּם נִמְצָאִים בְּחוּפְשָׁה אָז אֵין חֲדָשׁוֹת!
This expression is also used in the field of sports to describe the summer season when there are no football league games.

