apple and honey
Jewish New Year pairing
Apple and honey is Cockney rhyming slang for money.
The phrase follows the pattern of substituting a rhyming expression for a common word, then often dropping the rhyming part entirely—so apple alone can mean money in this dialect: Have you got any apple?
- sweetTasting of sugar
- orchardFruit tree plantation
- fruit treeTree producing edible produce
- ciderPressed apple beverage
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
sticky · harvest · harvest season · bees · new year · drizzle · fruit · nectar · blessing · autumn · Jewish · tradition · crisp · dipping · celebration · red · sweetness · fall
- High HolidaysRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, High Holy Days, shofar, machzor
- TishreiRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, High Holy Days, shofar
symbolic taste/quality
apple and honeybitter herbs
Sharp-tasting ritual greens
horseradish · salt water · wormwood · gall · vinegar
apple, honey, apples, honeyed, honeying, honeys, honeybee, honeycomb, honeydew