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???
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Some of my favorite ones!

So the Messiah will be born a day later (Vet moshiakh geboyrn vern mit a tog shpeter)

A meowing cat can't catching mice. (A katz vos m'yavket ken kain meiz nit chapen)

Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant

A sick man you ask, a well man you give (A kranken fregtman, a gezunten gitman)

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.

Tsuris (trouble) is what you get from children. Naches (joy) is what you get from grandchildren

Just because you can talk, it doesn't mean you're making sense

If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living

A fault-finder complains even that the bride is too pretty.

He owes him the hole in the bagel (Er iz im shuldik di lokh fun beygl)


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