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???

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Some of my favorite ones!

Love tastes sweet, but only with bread.

When fortune calls, offer her a chair.

Times is the best healer

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

God created a world full of little worlds.

Every seller praises his wares.

One person enjoys a piece of hard cheese, a second a spun out prayer chant, and a third a door to the street.

With time, even a bear can learn to dance.

Worries go down better with soup.

Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.

Trouble is to man what rust is to iron.

Charge nothing and you'll get a lot of customers.

The glaciers didn't freeze overnight.

Silence is also speech.

Make no more haste than good speed.

You buy yourself an enemy when you lend a man money.

Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life.

Golden dishes will never turn black.

The sun will set without your help



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Alphabetical order | Original Yiddish

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