Diccionario Yidish – English

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• A bisel – A little
• A biseleh – A very little
• A breyre hob ich – I have no alternative
• A breyte deye hob’n – To do all the talking (To have the greatest say or authority)
• A broch! – Oh hell! Damn it!! A curse!!!
• A broch tzu dir! – A curse on you!
• A broch tzu Columbus – A curse on Columbus
• A brocheh – A blessing
• A chazer bleibt a chazer – A pig remains a pig
• A chorbn – Oh, what a disaster (Oh S**T! an expletive)
• A choleryeh ahf dir! – A plague on you! (Lit., wishing someone to get Cholera.)
• A deigeh hob ich – I don’t care. I should worry.
• A farshlepteh krenk – A chronic ailment
• A feier zol im trefen – He should burn up! (Lit., A fire should meet him.)
• A finstere cholem auf dein kopf und auf dein hent und fiss –  (a horrible wish on someone) A dark dream (nightmare) on your head, hands and feet!
• A foiler tut in tsveyen – A lazy person has to do a task twice
• A gesheft hob nicht – I don’t care
• A gezunt ahf dein kop! – Good health to you (lit., Good health on your head)
• A glick ahf dir! – Good luck to you (Sometimes used sarcastically about minor good fortunes) Big thing!
• A glick hot dich getrofen! – Big deal! Sarcastic; lit., A piece of luck happened to you.
• A groyser tzuleyger – A big shot (sarcastically.)
• A grubber yung – A coarse young man
• A kappore – A catastrophe.
• A khasuren die kalleh is tsu shayn – A fault that the bride is too beautiful
• A klog iz mir! – Woe is me!
• A klog tzu meineh sonim! – A curse on my enemies!
• A langer lucksh – A tall person (a long noodle)
• A leben ahf dein kepele – A life on your head (A grandparent might say to a grandchild meaning «you are SO smart!»)
• A leben ahf dir! – You should live! And be well!
• A lung un leber oyf der noz – Stop talking yourself into illness! (Lit., Don’t imagine a lung and a liver upon the nose)
• A maidel mit a vayndel – A pony-tailed nymphet.
• A maidel mit a klaidel – A cutie-pie showing off her (new) dress.
• A mentsh on glik is a toyter mensh – An unlucky person is a dead person.
• A mentsh tracht und Gott lacht – A person plans and God laughs.
• A metsieh far a ganef – It’s a steal (Lit., A bargain for a thief.)
• A nahr bleibt a nahr – A fool remains a fool
• A nechtiker tog! – Forget it! (Lit., «A day that’s a night.»)
• A nishtikeit! – A nobody!
• A piste kayleh – A shallow person (an empty barrel)
• A ritch in kop – Crazy (in the head.)
• A schwartz yor – Bad luck. (LIT., A black year)
• A schwartzen sof – A bad end.
• A shandeh un a charpeh – A shame and a disgrace
• A shittern mogn – Loose bowel movement
• A shtik fleish mit tzvei eigen – A piece of meat with two eyes (insult)
• A shtik naches – A great joy
• A shtyfer mogn – Constipated
• A sof! A sof! – Let’s end it ! End it!
• A tuches un a halb – A person with a very large backside. (Lit., A backside and a half.)
• A volf farlirt zayne hor, ober nit zayn natur – A wolf loses his hair but hot his nature. «A leopard cannot change his spots.»
• Abi gezunt! – As long as you’re healthy!
• Achrahyes – Responsibility
• Afn gonif brennt das hittel – «He thinks everyone knows he committed a crime.» (a thief’s hat burns)
• Ahf mir gezogt! – I wish it could be said about me!
• Ahf tsores – In trouble
• Afh yenems tukhes is gut sepatchen – Someone else’s ass is easy to smack.
• Ahf zu lochis – Spitefully (Lit: Just to get (someone) angry.)
• Ahntoisht – Disappointed
• Ahzes ponim – Impudent fellow
• Aidel – Cultured or finicky
• Aidel gepotchket – Delicately brought up
• Aidim – Son-in-law
• Ainikle – Grandchild
• Aitzeh – Advice
• Aiver butelt – Absent minded; mixed up
• Alaichem sholom – To you be peace. Used in response to the the greeting Shalom aleichem.
• Alef-bais – Alphabet; the first two letters of the Jewish alphabet
• Alevei! – It should happen to me (to you)!
• Alle ziben glicken – Not what it’s cracked up to be (all 7 lucky things)
• Alles in einem is nisht do bei keine – All in one (person) is to be found in no one.
• Alrightnik – One who has succeeded
• Alrightnikeh – Feminine form of «alrightnik.»
• Alteh moid – Spinster, old maid
• Alter bocher – Bachelor
• Alter bok – Old goat
• Alter Kocker – An old man or old woman.
• An alteh machashaifeh – An old witch
• An alter bakahnter – An old acquaintance
• An alter trombenick – An old bum
• An emmisse meisse – An (absolutely) true tale
• Apikoros – An unbeliever, a skeptic, an athiest
• Arbit – Work
• Arein – Come in!
• Aroisgevorfen – Thrown out, wasted, (wasted opportunities)
• Aroisgevorfene gelt – Thrown out money (Wasted money)
• Arumgeflickt! – Plucked! Milked!
• Arumloifer – Street urchin; person who runs around
• Aydem – Son-in-law
• Ayn klaynigkeit – Ya, sure!! (very derogatory)
• Az a yor ahf mir. – I should have such good luck.
• Az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde! – If my grandmother had testicles she would be my grandfather.
• Az mir vill schlugen a hunt, gifintmin a schtecken – If one wants to beat a dog, one finds a stick.
• Az och un vai! – Tough luck! Too bad! Misfortune!
• Az tzvei zuggen shiker, leigst zich der driter shloffen – If two people say you’re drunk, the third one goes to sleep.  If two people confirm something, it’s true.
• Azoy? – Really?
• Azoy gait es! – That’s how it goes!
• Azoy gich? – So soon?
• Azoy vert dos kichel tzekrochen! – That’s how the cookie crumbles!