[ARCHIVE] Yiddish proverbs and sayings

[Deleted User 114]

This was originally posted by lora_vangeloff

https://archive.ph/7AwO3

Here are 15 examples of clever/creative/hilarious proverbs and sayings in Yiddish (I shared a link to each saying, some of them have an explanation too) :

• He ran off to the place where black pepper grows. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/pepper.html)

• If his word were a stick, you couldn't lean on it. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/stick.html)

• Every pot finds its own lid. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/pot.html)

• There's no furniture in his attic. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/attic.html)

• A black hen can lay a white egg too. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/black-white.html)

• Your Wednesday is longer than your Thursday. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/thursday.html)

• How does a cat cross over the water? (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/cat-water.html)

• He has a fly in his throat and wants to drown it. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/drown.html)

• He's been on the horse and under the horse. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/under-horse.html)

• He's yelling like the woman in the bath. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/bath.html)

• He can make the dream larger than the night. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/dream-night.html)

• A goat has a beard too, and it’s still just a goat. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/goat-beard.html)

• If grandma had wheels, she would be a wagon. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/wagon.html)

• He bakes lies like they're bagels. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/lies.html)

• Witticisms pour out of him like turds from a goat. (https://yiddishwit.com/gallery/goat.html)

Of course there are sooo many more and i recommend to have a look at the rest, Yiddish curses are no joke, especially the toothache one and the broken bones: ​https://yiddishwit.com/List.html

[lrai]

OMG this link was great...thank you so much. Many of these sayings I remember from my childhood. My favorite saying was one I heard a lot when I was young:

May you grow like an onion with your head in the ground and your feet above.

One time while I was out shopping with my sister we found tank tops that said, "May you grow like an onion" and we had to buy them. It was our inside joke. Thank you for this link! May a blessing be on your head!

[Corinnebelle]

Your Wednesday is longer than your Thursday.

What it means: Your slip is showing.


Here's some more I found from the link.

Don't bang the teakettle at me.

What it means: Don't drive me crazy with all your talk

Don't twist my head.

What it means: Don't bother me!

Go look for the wind in the field.

What it means: Get lost! Don't bother me!

He's got pins in his head.

What it means: His mind is overactive.


He's got pins in his behind.

What is means: He can't sit still. He's restless.


When the crickets play the bed bugs dance.

What it means: Response when someone is told something nonsensical or absurd.

[Deleted User 114]

Your Wednesday is longer than your Thursday.

What it means: Your slip is showing.


I might use that one in the future if I ever have to.

[Corinnebelle]

[mention]Jacko079[/mention] Me too!