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What are your all-time favorite Yiddish “proverbs”/sayings?
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Post Sat, Jan 16 2021, 9:34 pm
dankbar wrote:
ער האט פוטער אופ'ן קאפ
Er hut pitter oifen kup.

Similar to oifen ganev brent dus hittel.

He is acting suspicious because he must be guilty.

Reminds me of a fable we read in school, someone stole a tub of butter from the grocery.
The owner held him up, by inviting him to sit & relax at his fireplace until the butter started melting & drip down from under his hat onto his forehead....


Ooh! I loved that story! 😃
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Post Sat, Jan 16 2021, 9:36 pm
בחינם באקומט מען כינים
Literally translates for free you get lice. It rhymes...
Means the same as TNSTAAFL.
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Post Sat, Jan 16 2021, 9:37 pm
צוזאגן און ליב האבן קאסט נישט קיין געלט
Literal translation is to promise and to love doesn't cost money.
Means put your money where your mouth is.
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Post Sat, Jan 16 2021, 9:39 pm
משוגעת'ן דארף מען נישט בארגן פון קיינעם
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