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???
One good deed has many claimants.
The whole world is one town Better ask ten times than go astray once. Times is the best healer They are making a big deal out of this. (Me makht a gants yontef derfun.) 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.) A homely girl hates the mirror (A meeseh moyd hot faynt dem shpigl) A half truth is a whole lie. To every answer you can find a new question He should grow like an onion with its head in the ground (Er zol vaksn vi a tsibele mit dem kop in drerd) My Favorites | New additions | Alphabetical order | Original Yiddish |