My Grandmother's Yiddish Sayings & Quotes
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???
Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house
Ask advice from everyone, but act your own mind. At a distance you fool others, close at hand just yourself (Fun vaytn nart men laytn, fun neont zikh aleyn) Better a crooked foot than a crooked mind (Beser a krumer fus eyder a krumer kop) Better a good enemy than a bad friend (Beser a guter soyne eyder a shlekhter fraynd.) Better ask ten times than go astray once. Better barley soup at home than a roast at someone else's home (Beser bay zikh krupnik, eyder bay yenem gebrotns.) Better not to live than to become dependent on children (Beser oyf der velt nit tsu lebn, eyder onkumen tsu kinder.) Better to be a wise person in Hell than a fool in paradise (Beser mit a klugn in gehenem eyder mit a nar in ganeydn) Better to lose with a wise man than to win with a fool. (Beser mit a klugn tsu farlirn, eyder mit a nar tsu gevinen) My Favorites | New additions | Alphabetical order | Original Yiddish |