Thursday, November 9, 2017

Selected Yiddish Words and Phrases 7 (Impress friends and family)










KVETCH: To annoy or to be an annoying person, to complain. 

LOCH IN KOP: Literally a hole in the head, refers to things one definitely does not need.

LUFTMENSH: A dreamer, someone whose head is in the clouds.

LUZZEM: Leave him be, let her or him alone.

MACH SHNEL: Hurry up.

MACHER: An ambitious person; a schemer with many plans.

MAVEN: An expert, a connoisseur. 


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