- English translation
He's saddled me with every last good-for-nothing there is.
- Literal wording
Bringing me Zi'it and Mi'it and the hopper of the wall.
- Meaning and lesson
Zi'it, Mi'it and the wall-hopper are not real individuals, and treating them as particular people would distort the sense. They stand in for assorted riffraff and lowlifes, and piling the three together paints a picture of every sort of worthless character being hauled in at once.
The reproach is aimed at the person responsible for bringing them, not at someone merely arriving in their company. By imposing such people on others, that person becomes a burden, and the saying implies they gathered up every last one of that kind.
- When it is used
Used as a complaint against someone who has burdened the speaker, or others, by bringing in a string of worthless or disreputable people, stressing that not a single one of that sort was left out.
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