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???
They are making a big deal out of this. (Me makht a gants yontef derfun.)
You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar (Me ken khapn mer flign mit honik vi mit esik) Man plans and God laughs. (Mann tracht und Gott lacht) New! One of our favorites! Lying in the ground, baking bagels (Lign in drerd un bakn beygl) New! Sisyphus-like hell, spending eternity making bagels you can't eat Look down, and you'll know how high up you are (Kuk arop, vest du visn vi hoykh du shteyst.) One even gets tired of eating only dumplings (Kreplakh esn vert oykh nimes) Charm is better than beauty (Kheyn geyt iber sheyn) Friendship is stronger than kinship (Khavershaft iz shtarker vi brudershaft) No one is as deaf as they one who will not listen (Keyner iz nit azoy toyb vi der vos vil mit hern.) You're climbing on the straight wall (Ikh zol azoy visn fun tsores) My Favorites | New additions | Alphabetical order | Original Yiddish |