keen as a Jew

English

Adjective

keen as a Jew (not comparable)

  1. (simile, now offensive) Very eager.
    • 1879, Elzey Hay, A Mere Adventurer, page 62:
      Careless often of his private interests, he was keen as a Jew where those of his paper were concerned […]
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