My Grandfather's Yiddish Sayings
Here are some great Yiddish saying that both of my grandfathers used to
tell me, and others ones I've collected, too!
Do you know any others? E-mail me at (morgan@westegg.com) and let me know!!!
What did your grandparents used to tell you???
Charm is better than beauty (Kheyn geyt iber sheyn) If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to. A joke driven too far brings home hate. It's not that having money is so good, it's that not having it is so bad If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding Don't throw a stone into a well from which you have drunk. A penny is sometimes better spent than spared. If you can't endure the bad, you won't live to see the good. Your friend has a friend, and your friend's friend has a friend--be discreet Better ask ten times than go astray once. One good forewit is worth two afterwits. You don't mean the hagode, but the dumplings (Me meynt nit di hagode, nor di kneydlekh) If the fool didn't belong to me, I'd be laughint too (Ven der nar volt nit geven mayner, volt ich oykh gelakht.) Show her the rudder, but don't steer her boat. A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. A jest is half a truth. Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool. Fleas are not lobsters. You can't measure the whole world with your own yardstick. Nerve succeeds! My Favorites | New additions Alphabetical order | Original Yiddish · My Favorites · New additions · Alphabetical order · Original Yiddish |