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???
Bygone troubles are good to tell He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral He who praises himself will be humiliated. The wicker person fares well in this world, the saint in the life to come. (Dem roshe geyt gut ofy der velt, dem tsadik oyf yener velt.) Truth is the safest lie. (Der emes iz der bester lign) You can't make cheesecakes out of snow (Mit shney ken men nit makhn gomolkhes) A story without a moral is like a meal without a sweet-favored side dish (A mayse on a moshl iz vi a moltsayt on a tsimes) No one is as deaf as they one who will not listen (Keyner iz nit azoy toyb vi der vos vil mit hern.) They are making a big deal out of this. (Me makht a gants yontef derfun.) I need it like a hole in the head (Ikh darf es vi a lokh in kop) From a fool one has grief. (Fun a nar hot men tsar.) Measure the corn of others with your own bushel Better a crooked foot than a crooked mind (Beser a krumer fus eyder a krumer kop) The reddest apple has a worm in it. What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth The cholera on you! (A kholyere oyf dir!) Thieves and those in love both love darkness (Ganovim un farlibte hobn lib fintsternish) Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house At a distance you fool others, close at hand just yourself (Fun vaytn nart men laytn, fun neont zikh aleyn) It is not good to be alone, even in Paradise My Favorites | New additions Alphabetical order | Original Yiddish · My Favorites · New additions · Alphabetical order · Original Yiddish |