| Its hero is a lovable schlemiel opposed by a wincingly evil character. |
| He is equally good as the powerless schlemiel whose life is collapsing all around him, and who takes his power at the expense of his captive. |
| Arendt's four types are the schlemiel, the political rebel, the suspect and the man of goodwill. |
| Woody has always traded on his paradoxical self-image: schlemiel and stud, the unprepossessing wimp who is none the less a magnet for bright and beautiful women. |
| Oh my God, I thought, I could never explain this without looking like a total schlemiel! |
| There is an old Yiddish word schlemiel, which is someone who falls on his or her back and breaks his or her nose. |
