THE DICTIONARY OF POPULAR YIDDISH WORDS, PHRASES,

THE DICTIONARY OF POPULAR YIDDISH WORDS, PHRASES, by Fred Kogos. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781567317480.

Yiddish, born in the eleventh century, has been an international language of the Jewish people ever since. At least ten million people speak Yiddish, and the tongue is so universal that it has become a linguistic passport in much of the world. Wish you could say classic Yiddish proverbs, such as: - A falsheh matbaieh farliert men nit: A bad penny always turns up. - Nit kain entfer iz oich an entfler: No answer is also an answer. - Az se brent, iz a feier: Where theres smoke, theres fire. Ever wonder what people mean when they say words like kvetsh, meshugeh, nebbish, and shnook? This fascinating, useful, sometimes riotously funny collection of colloquialisms, proverbs, curses, maxims, and ribald expressions will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about one of the worlds most remarkable languages.