Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
"Ephraim is a cake not turned ..." As a metaphor of flawed personality, this homely saying has entered all languages.  "Half-baked" is a designation that carries blunt and unflattering accusation against any person who is made the object of it.  Hailey stated that Ephraim was: