[Vocabulary] What is the meaning of "meeskite"?

[elka021]

Hi guys. In a TV series called Web Therapy, I heard that a man said: my brother is meeskite, I don't even deal with him.
Then the girl who is taking to this guy said: Looks can't get you everywhere. you're the better looking of your brother.

Does "meeskite" mean "ugly and not good or something" ?

Does "Looks can't get you everywhere" mean you can not do everything just because you are handsome?


Thank you in advance.

 

[Barb_D]

Could it have possibly been "a mosquito"? An annoying pest, but not that serious? (Unless, of course, it's carrying malaria.)

 

[elka021]

Could it have possibly been "a mosquito"? An annoying pest, but not that serious? (Unless, of course, it's carrying malaria.)

You mean he said "mosquito" to his brother, which means his brother is not a good man in business or something?

 

[MikeNewYork]

It is from Yiddish and is spelled Meiskeit (though pronounced Mees kite).

Meiskeit: (mees-kite) literally "ugliness." Unsually used as a noun to refer to an ugly, funny-looking, geeky, unattractive person. "Oi, did you see the meiskeit he's dating? A fashion model, she isn't!" "He's such a sweet baby, but oi! what a meiskeit!"

Yiddish Dictionary

 

[SoothingDave]

That's completely meshugga. ;-)