Quoting%20commentary for Niddah 52:36

אתי לן גברא דרמינן ליה בגילא דחטתא ומרמי ומדחי

were once sitting at their studies when R. Joseph the son of R. Menashya of Dewil passed along in great haste. 'There comes towards us', he exclaimed, 'a man whom we can throw down with a piece of straw<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'straw of the wheat'. Metaphor: The man could be upset by the simplest of arguments. Aliter: On whom we may throw wheat-chaff, i.e., embarrass with petty questions (Jast.). ');">³³</span>

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