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???
From a fool one has grief. (Fun a nar hot men tsar.)
For a little love, you pay all your life (Far a bisel libe batsolt men miten gantsen leben) If you're going to eat pork, eat the best kind (Ez men est khazer zol rinen ariber der bord.) New! One of our favorites! Also translated as, if you're going to eat pork, get it all over your beard. One fool can ask more than ten smart men can answer. (Eyn nar ken mer fregn eyder tsen kluge kenen entfern.) It won't hurt in arranging a marriage (Es ver nit shaten tsum shidekh) It's as appropriate as a slap in response to a greeting of "good shabbas" (Es past zikh vi a patsh tsu gut shabes.) It's as appropriate as a pig (Es past vi a khazer.) Don't eat the challah before you've made the blessing (Es nisht di khale far a-moytse) New! Don't have sex before marriage It never rose and it never flew (Es iz nit geshtoygen un nit gefloygen) New! One of our favorites! Figurative translation: It is bullshit! 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 |