Question: In the scene where Eve knocks down all the bookcases, the curator comes in and tells her something like "straighten up this *mishaba*" what does "mishaba" mean?
MAC
4th Mar 2004
The Mummy (1999)
Answer: It's Yiddish, and it means along the lines of "crazy." In the movie, they broaden the meaning to "mess."
Chosen answer: He says "straighten up this meshiver". Meshiver is just another word for mess.
Macalou