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Yiddish Food for Thought

Test your Yiddish knowledge with this quiz! Choose the Yiddish food-related saying that best expresses the sentiment of the English expression.

Question - Not Required - Mixing apples and oranges:

Tsunoyfmishn kashe mit botshvene.

Tsu broyt gefint men shoyn a meser.

A moltsayt on a tsimes iz vi a mayse on a moshl.

A kneydl in a kholem iz nit keyn kneydl, nor a kholem.

Question - Not Required - When pigs fly:

Di libe iz zis nor zi iz beser mit broyt.

Morgn nokhn kaltn kugl.

Beser gefilte fish eyder gefilte tsores.

Es nit di lokshn farn shabes.

Question - Not Required - That's how it's done OR you've got it:

Fun broyt antloyft men nit.

Ot azoy kokht men di lokshn.

Vu men darf tsuker hobn, toyg nit keyn zalts.

A hun iz gut tsu esn zelbanand: ikh un di hun.

Question - Not Required - Neither here nor there:

Kashe mit borsht.

Tam gan eydn.

A hering iz genug far tsen parshoyn, a hon koym far tsvey.

Pareve lokshn.

Question - Not Required - The grass is greener on the other side:

Bays vayter - vestu gefinen kez.

Khreyn iz gut far di tseyn, oykh iz gut farn boykh.

Ersht fun dem dritn beygl vert men zat.

Geshmak iz der fish af yenems tish.

Question - Not Required - In your dreams:

Men ken lekn di finger.

Hobn a kishke on a dno.

Shabes nokhn kaltn kugl.

Alts ken der mentsh fargesn nor nit esn.

Question - Not Required - Make lemonade out of lemons:

Bemokem she-eyn ish iz a hering oykh a fish.

Az der mogn iz leydik iz der moyekh oykh leydik.

Boser vedogim iz an oyneg shabes - in der vokhn iz es oykh nit shlekht.

Af yenems simkhe hot men a gutn apetit.

Question - Not Required - Put all your eggs in one basket:

Makhn a lekhayim.

Araynton di gantse kez in eyn knish.

Broyt vert nit nimes.

Nit milkhik, nit flayshik.

Question - Not Required - Helped when you tried to hurt:

A hering badarf men keyn zalts un tsu grivn keyn shmalts.

Klept es vi an arbes tsum vant.

Ver es est lang kugl, derlebt lang.

Er hot im darharget mit a knish.

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