– Yiddish Proverbs, Old age, to the unlearned, is winter; to the learned, it’s harvest time. ‣ Recently Added. – Yiddish Proverbs, Don’t call a man honest just because he never had the chance to steal. (Yiddish Proverb) The scholar knows what she lacks knowledge of. It’s easier to get a drunkard off the ground than a business. Az men tut on sheyn a bezem, iz er oykh sheyn. – Yiddish Proverbs, To be rich is not everything, but it certainly helps. With a rod you catch fish and with a ruble you catch people. German equivalent: Man soll kein Öl ins Feuer gießen. – Yiddish Proverbs, A rich man’s foolish sayings often pass for wise ones. – Yiddish Proverbs, A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. See more ideas about yiddish proverb, proverbs, proverbs quotes. Yiddish Proverb. Why did Adam and Eve cover their business with a leaf if there was nobody to see them? נצע וועלט שטייט אויף דער שפּיץ צונג. וווּ מען דאַרף האָבן מוח העלפֿט ניט קיין כּוח. – Yiddish Proverbs, If triangles had a God, He’d have three sides. – Yiddish Proverbs, No choice is also a choice. – Yiddish Proverbs, If you want your dreams to come true, don’t over sleep. ‎‎דער ים איז אָן אַ ברעג — די תּורה איז אָן אַן עק. Bupkes: Impolite, pejorative word meaning “very little” or “next to nothing, used to indicate a very … דער עולם איז אַ גולם. birthday, bar mitzvah, a new job, or an engagement. – Yiddish Proverbs, A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult. – Yiddish Proverbs, It’s easier to be a critic than an author. אַז אַלע קללות וואָלטן אָנגעקומען וואָלט די וועלט קיין קיום ניט געהאַט. Es iz nito keyn shlekhte mashke far a shiker, keyn shlekhte matbeye far a soykher, un keyn miese nekeyve far a noyef. A Jew is twenty-eight percent fear, two percent sugar, and seventy percent chutzpah. דער קאַרגער ליגט אויף דעם געלט ווי אַ הונט אויפֿן ביין‫.‬. A young wife is like a pretty bird – you have to keep her in a cage. A drunkard can be a sheep, a monkey or a lion. – Yiddish Proverbs, Better a steady dime than a rare dollar. Es zol dir dunern in boykh un blitsn in di hoyzn. – Yiddish Proverbs, He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral. – Yiddish Proverbs, If one soldier knew what the other thinks, there would be no war. – Yiddish Proverbs, A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing. May your bones be broken as often as the Ten Commandments. (3) To quote a Kannada proverb it is like water off a buffalo's back. “Silent Men, like still Waters, are deep and dangerous.”. shtick - gimmick; something you do, like a routine on stage. Because of ambition people go from paradise to hell. (Yiddish Proverb) Look down if you would know how high you stand. – Yiddish Proverbs, A lazy messenger is not short of excuses. Dos harts iz a zeyger, ober mit tsebrokhene vayzers. Zayn vort zol zayn a shtekn, volt men zikh nit getort onshparn. For as many years as he’s walked on his feet, he should walk on his hands, and the rest of the time he should drag himself on his behind. – Yiddish Proverbs, Fleas are not lobsters. Play. – Yiddish Proverbs, If it must always be better, it can never be good enough. – Yiddish Proverbs, The luck of an ignoramus is this: He doesn’t know that he doesn’t know. May he become swollen and veined like a mountain. – Yiddish Proverbs, A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. close. – Yiddish Proverbs, A flatterer must not lose his temper. – Yiddish Proverbs, If praying had helped, he could have hired someone to do it. Azoy lang men lebt, tor men nit redn; az men shtarbt, ken men nit redn. ‎וואָס אַ ווענטקע פֿאַר פֿיש איז חניפֿה פֿאַר מלכים. Az men hot gelt, iz men i klug, i sheyn, i men ken gut zingen. Social Context: This specific proverb was heard by the informant during his childhood and is one of the few proverbs the informant was able to remember from his childhood, perhaps due to its humorous nature. די וועלט איז שיין נאָר די מענטשן מאַכן זי מיאוס. (Jewish Proverb) You recognize the truth by its own sound. – Yiddish Proverbs, A chip on the shoulder indicates wood higher up. If he were twice as smart, he’d be an idiot! — May you grow like an onion, with your head in the ground. Bubbe (bubby) — Grandmother. – Yiddish Proverbs, It’s astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies. He knows like a cow knows what Wednesday is. – Yiddish Proverbs, The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. פאר שלום טאר מען אפילו א ליגן זאגן. English equivalent: Still water runs deep. In a beautiful apple you sometimes find a worm. Transgressions. Er meynt nit di hagode, nor di kneydlekh. ער קלערט וווּ די רויכעס פֿון קוימען קומען אַהין. Az der kranker geyt tsum dokter vert dos ershte geholfn der dokter. Resources. – Yiddish Proverbs, zzzzOne person enjoys a piece of hard cheese, a second a spun out prayer chant, and a third a door to the street. Meaning: “You cannot produce anything of good quality from poor raw material; often used of people.”. – Yiddish Proverbs, Treat me like a rabbi; watch me like a thief. אַפֿילו דער רײַכסטער זײגער האָט ניט מער װי זעכציק מינוט. – Yiddish Proverbs, How many will listen to the truth when you tell them? – Yiddish Proverbs, A man comes from dust & in dust he will end. – Yiddish Proverbs, Ten enemies cannot do a man the harm that he does to himself When the ox just stumbles, they all sharpen their knives. One car should rush to get him a doctor, and the other should rush to say it’s too late. He looks with his eyes, listens with his ears, and understands like a wall. "Mensch tracht, un Gott lacht" Yiddish proverb Man makes plans, and God laughs. – Yiddish Proverbs, Seek advice, but use your own common sense. A gutn helft a vort, a shlekhtn helft afile keyn shtekn oykh nit. – Yiddish Proverbs, He who puts up with insult invites injury. אַז אַ גנבֿ האָט ניט וואָס צו גנבֿענען גנבֿעט ער דאָס היטל פֿון זיך אַראָפּ. This is really just the Jewish version of Proverbs 16:9 -- "The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps." דאָס האַרץ איז אַ זייגער, אָבער מיט צעבראָכענע ווײַזערס. Oyb tsayt iz gelt, hob ikh keyn tsayt nit. – Yiddish Proverbs, The heart is half a prophet. Live and let live. Di pave zol nit hobn di sheyne federn, volt zikh keyner af ir nit umgekukt. “Shvaygn iz a tsoym far khokhme”- ober nor shvaygn iz kent khokhme nit. – Yiddish Proverbs, A good man, but his mad dog won’t let you speak to him. – Yiddish Proverbs, Pride can live in the dungheap. – Yiddish Proverbs, As the sheep are shorn, the lambs shiver. Mit eyn tokhes ken men nit tantsn af tsvey khasenes. – Yiddish Proverbs, Attractiveness is better than beauty. Loz arayn a khazer in shtub, krikht er afn tish. such as 'zayn' (to be), 'hobn' (to have) and 'lebn' (to live). If a girl is ugly, she blames it on the mirror. Yiddish Proverb. – Yiddish Proverbs, It’s not so terrible when you lose money, but when courage is lost, all is lost. The proverbs printed here are taken from a volumn, Yiddish Proverbs, edited by H. J. Ayalti, which is to be published shortly by Schocken Books as number 20 of the Schocken Library. Tsulib a gloz milkh darf men nit koyfn a gantse ku. צרות זײַנען פֿאַר דעם מענטשן ווי זשאַווער פֿאַר אײַזן. Yiddish Proverb Money doesn't grow on trees. – Yiddish Proverbs, The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks. Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong. קליינע גנבֿים הענגט מען‫,‬ גרויסע שענקט מען. Lebn zolstu biz hundert un tsvantsik yor—mit a hiltsernem kop un glezerne oygn. אַ מאַן איז ווי אַן ענגער שוך: כאָטש ער דריקט, דאָך מוז אַ ווײַב אים טראָגן. אַ נגיד האָט פֿײַנט כּבֿוד ווי אַ קאַץ סמעטענע. A noged hot faynt koved vi a kats smetene. Anger is like a thorn in the heart. Azoy lang der mentsh lebt iz im di gantse velt tsu kleyn; nokhn toyt iz im der keyver genug. Az a ganef hot nit vos tsu ganvenen, ganvet er fun eyn keshene in der tsveyter. – Yiddish Proverbs, God is a father, happiness is a stepfather. – Yiddish Proverbs, Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor. – Yiddish Proverbs, Charge nothing and you’ll get a lot of customers. – Yiddish Proverbs, Make no more haste than good speed. ‎ווײַל דאָס לעבל ברויט איז קײַלעכדיק, גייען דערפֿאַר די קאַטשקעס באָרוועס. – Yiddish Proverbs, The glaciers didn’t freeze overnight. — The tavern can’t corrupt a good man, the synagogue can’t reform a bad one. קיינער ווייס ניט וועמען דער שוך קוועטשט, נאָר דער וואָס גייט אין אים. If pigs had horns, the world would be done for. – Yiddish Proverbs, Even in heaven, it is not good to be alone. אין אַ שיינעם עפּל געפֿינט מען אַ מאָל אַ וואָרעם. Meaning when used ironically: After death, even the most ordinary person becomes a saint. The meanings of words change over time. Esn zolstu gehakte leber mit tsibeles, shmalts hering, yoykh mit k’neydlekh, karp mit khreyn, ayngedemfts mit tsimes, latkes, tey mit tsitrin, yedn tog – un zolst zikh mit yedn bis dershtikn! Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish/idish, lit. For instance: Thunder in winter is a sign of plenty. – Yiddish Proverbs, Everything ends in weeping. – Yiddish Proverbs, Hope may give a man strength, but not sense. Es iz gringer oyftsuheybn a shiker fun der erd eyder a gesheft. אַז דער וואָרעם זיצט אין כריין, מיינט ער אַז עס איז קיין זיסערס ניטאָ. – Yiddish Proverbs, Too humble is half proud. Az a ganef hot nit vos tsu ganvenen, ganvet er dos hitl fun zikh arop. Yiddish Proverb. וויפֿל יאָר ער איז געגאַנגען אויף די פֿיס זאָל ער גיין אויף די הענט, און די איבעריקע זאָל ער זיך שאַרן אויפֿן הינטן. The term proverb (Yid., shprikhvort) in a narrow sense refers to complete sentences of anonymous origin that are used in conversation to comment, often metaphorically, on a matter at hand. Mit a lefl ken men dem yam nit oys’shepn. Because a loaf of bread is round, therefore the ducks go barefoot. He doesn’t deserve to have the sun shine on him. – Yiddish Proverbs, Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool. – Yiddish Proverbs, As the fat man gets thinner, the thin one is already dead. Witticisms pour out of him like turds from a goat. – Yiddish Proverbs, We are all schlemiels. Recent additions to the category אין אַ שיינעם עפּל געפֿינט מען אַ מאָל אַ וואָרעם ; אויפֿן גנבֿ ברענט דאָס היטל; אַ חזיר בלײַבט אַ חזיר; אַלע שוסטערס גייען באָרוועס; תּורה איז די בעסטע סחורה; Oldest pages They appear here by Schocken’s permission. (4) When I was younger I had had a Polish violin teacher, and she had told me a Yiddish proverb that proved to be the truth. ער איז אַנטלאָפֿן וווּ דער שוואַרצער פֿעפֿער וואַקסט. A shlimazl: geyt er tantsn, tseraysn zikh bay di klezmorim di strunes. – Yiddish Proverbs, He that can’t endure the bad, will not live to see the good. האָדעווע אַ וואָלף ווי לאַנג, קוקט ער אַלץ אין וואַלד אַרײַן. זינט גאָט האַנדלט מיט פֿראָסט איז נאָך אַזאַ פֿראָסט ניט געווען. – Yiddish Proverbs, A cat loves fish, but won’t risk its claws. – Yiddish Proverbs, Worries wash away better with soup. – Yiddish Proverbs, When you sweep the house, you find everything. אַ קאַץ וואָס מיאַוקעט קען קיין מײַז ניט כאַפּן. – Yiddish Proverbs, There’s plenty of time to bemoan bad fortune once it arrives. – Yiddish Proverbs, It is not good to be alone, even in Paradise. You can’t dance at two weddings with one behind. – Yiddish Proverbs, Health comes before making a livelihood. משוגע זאָלסטו ווערן און אַרומלויפֿן איבער די גאַסן. He’s contemplating the rotation of the earth. What will become of the sheep if the wolf is the judge? – Yiddish Proverbs, What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your tongue. A boil is fine as long as it’s under someone else’s arm. Az a nar shvaygt, vert er oykh gerekhnt tsvishn di kluge. If the Book of Psalms were a remedy, you could buy it at the drugstore. דײַן נשמה זאָל אַרײַנגיין אין אַ קאַץ און אַ הונט זאָל איר אַ ביס טאָּן. – Yiddish Proverbs, The girl who can’t dance says the band can’t play. Zint got handlt mit frost iz nokh aza frost nit geven. – Yiddish Proverbs, If you don’t toil, you won’t eat. In a sheynem epl gefint men a mol a vorem. – Yiddish Proverbs, A guest for a day is welcome the whole year. ער האָט אַ פֿליג אין האַלדז און וויל זי דערטרינקען. – Yiddish Proverbs, If you keep on talking, you will end up saying what you didn’t intend to say. When a shlimazl slaughters a rooster, it runs. Let these Yiddish Proverbs encourage and motivate you. – Yiddish Proverbs, A good enemy is better than a bad friend. – Yiddish Proverbs, A penny saved is a penny earned, but sometimes a penny is better spent than saved. – Yiddish Proverbs, Curse the young and they will wither. – Yiddish Proverbs, Hygiene is two thirds of health. — The person who’s fated to drown will drown—in a spoonful of water. My Grandfather's Yiddish Sayings. What difference does it make to the turkey whether it’s slaughtered for the Purim feast or the Passover seder? אויף זײַנע רייד מעג מען בויען אַ קלויסטער. – Yiddish Proverbs, When you look to the heights, hold on to your hat. – Yiddish Proverbs, A quiet fool is half a sage. – Yiddish Proverbs, It is better to be in hell with a wise man than in heaven with a fool. — You should have a large store, and whatever people ask for you shouldn’t have, and what you do have shouldn’t be requested. But where will we get potatoes? If his word were a stick, you couldn’t lean on it. דאָס לעבן איז ניט מער ווי אַ חלום—אָבער וועק מיך ניט אויף. – Yiddish Proverbs, Tasty is the fish on someone else’s dish. מען אַנטלויפֿן פֿון רעגן, באַגעגנט מען חאָגל. – Yiddish Proverbs, Every worm has its hole. – Yiddish Proverbs, May God protect you from goyisha hands and yiddishe tongues. – Yiddish Proverbs, Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. – Yiddish Proverbs, Every pot will find its lid. – Yiddish Proverbs, It’s never too late to die or get married. א ווארט איז אזוי ווי א פייל-ביידע האבן גרויסע אייל. ניט פֿון אַ שיינער צורקע ווערט אַ גוט ווײַב. The cat likes fish but she doesn’t want to wet her paws. Bubbe (bubby) — Grandmother. The truth has feet, so  he ran away, but falsehood hasn’t any feet so he stayed here. Envy breeds hate. אַ נײַער מלך מיט נײַע גזרות, אַ נײַ יאָר מיט נײַע עבֿרות. Don’t give me the honey and spare me the sting. אויף אַ גנבֿ אין אַ צילינדער ברענט ניט דאָס היטל. (Jewish Proverb) Es shit zikh fun im khokhmes vi fun a tsig bobkes. – Yiddish Proverbs, Make sure to send a lazy man for the Angel of Death. – Yiddish Proverbs, You can wash your body but not your soul. For a glass of milk you don’t have to buy a whole cow. Fun a khazershn ek ken men keyn shtrayml nit makhn. – Yiddish Proverbs. – Yiddish Proverbs, If fortune calls, offer him a seat. – Yiddish Proverbs, A lion doesn’t fear a fly. The whole world rests on the tip of the tongue. עס איז דורכגעלאָפֿן צווישן זיי אַ שוואַרצע קאַץ. ערבֿ–יום–כּיפּור ווערן אַלע גנבֿים פֿרום. – Yiddish Proverbs, The most certain thing in life is death. דער אמת קומט אַרויס ווי בוימל אויפֿן וואַסער. – Yiddish Proverbs, If a Jew cannot be a shoemaker, he will dream of being a professor. When you need brains, brawn doesn’t help. (4) When I was younger I had had a Polish violin teacher, and she had told me a Yiddish proverb that proved to be the truth. – Yiddish Proverbs, If the head doesn’t work it’s bad news for the legs. You study until you’re seventy and you die a fool. – Yiddish Proverbs, Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. Es iz durkhgelofn tsvishn zey a shvartse kats. If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm. (3) To quote a Kannada proverb it is like water off a buffalo's back. All expressions are presented in Yiddish (using Hebrew letters), YIVO transliteration, and English translation.. A published source in Yiddish is provided for each folk saying. – Yiddish Proverbs, If you play with a cat, you must not mind her scratch. The term was defined by Fred Kogos in the dictionary “Book of Yiddish Proverbs and Slang” in 1970. וואָס נוצט כּבֿוד אַז מען האָט ניט צו עסן? – Yiddish Proverbs, A wise man hears one word and understands two. What Does 'Oy Vey' Mean? Oyb di bobe volt gehat a bord, volt zi geven a zeyde. – Yiddish Proverbs, Drive the horse with oats, not with curses and oaths. Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure. "One thread for the needle, one love for the heart." Yiddish proverbs. 1 Yiddish Proverbs. – Yiddish Proverbs, When one comes to comfort a young widow, he does not mean to perform a good deed. Mit honik ken men nit redn ; az men tut on sheyn a bezem, iz er,... מיט ליכט וואָלט די זון שײַנט אויף אים pray that you are handsome and smart and you will not far. Hanukkah candle we need the pillows it will happen when hair grows on the tip of the best Yiddish to! ציִען אויף איין זײַט וואָלט זיך קיינער אויף איר ניט אומגעקוקט the punishment of a word to the truth you... 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