Yiddish Proverbs
| It costs nothing to look | Onkukn kost keyn gelt |
| Man plans, God laugh | Der mentsh trakht un Got lakht |
| Money goes to money | Gelt geyt tsu gelt |
| No one sees his own hunchback (no-one sees his own faults) | Yederer zet nor yenems hoyker, ober nit zayn eygenem |
| Speech is silver, silence is golden | Redn iz zilber, shvaygn iz gold |
| Still waters run deep | Shtil vaser grobt tif |
| Treat me like a rabbi, watch me like a thief | Halt mikh far a rov un hit mikh vi a ganev |
| To assume is to be deceived | Az men meynt, genart men zich |
| Trouble doesn't come alone | Az dos shlimazl geyt, geyt es mit alemen |
| What's on his mind is on his tongue! | Vos iz oyfn kop, iz oyf dertsung! |
| When the stomach is empty, so is the brain | Az men vet makes esn, vet men kadokhes kenen |
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