This was originally posted by lora_vangeloff
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