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???
A saintly man who knows he is a saintly man is not a saintly man (A tsadik vos veyst az er iz a tsadik is keyn tsadik nit.)
Go threaten geese (Gey strashe di gens) Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes All brides are beautiful--all the dead are pious (Ale kales zenen sheyn--ale meysim zenen frum) He who marries for money earns it. If you have money, you are wise and good-looking and can sing well, too. When you're too smart, you ruin yourself (Az m'is tsu klug, light men in drerd.) You can't chew with someone else's teeth Lying in the ground, baking bagels (Lign in drerd un bakn beygl) New! Sisyphus-like hell, spending eternity making bagels you can't eat My Favorites | New additions | Alphabetical order | Original Yiddish |