10 Traditional Yiddish Folk Sayings
These ten traditional Yiddish folk sayings come from the Old Country.
1. “His house, it seems to be in order, but his wife, she’s making phonecalls!”
2. “If his chickens are laying eggs full of blood, then this man is hatching betrayals!”
3. “She has a panic room but it’s filled with old coats!”
4. “His great generosity is a feathered hat he wears to shul. Of course I mean proverbially! It’s a proverb! Please!”
5. “The condo association by-laws are not posted as decoration!”
6. “His shixa wife wears shoes with pointy heels to stab his mother in the throat.”
7. “On a Sunday, bring bread. On a Tuesday, bring drink. On a Friday, bring an umbrella because it will be raining husbands, as you well know!
8. “What, I should give this man a room? This man has no room in his heart! He cannot marry my daughter!”
9. “He works just hard enough to ruin himself, much like the Golem of traditional yiddish folklore!”
10. “Hardship and sorrow, THIS is something we know. But grad school? THIS is something we DO.”
