Great Throughts Treasury

"Heaven and earth have sworn that the truth shall be disclosed."

"Heaven and hell can both be had in this world."

"Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool."

"Hell is not so bad as the way to it."

"He's a piece of meat with two eyes."

"He's an expert like a goat knows about klezmer."

"He's all intestines."

"He's got pins in his behind."

"He's contemplating the rotation of the earth."

"He's got a cat in his head."

"He's got pins in his head."

"He's been on the horse and under the horse."

"He's not interested in the Haggadah but in the dumplings."

"He's meditating on whether a flea has a belly-button."

"He's making an elephant out of a fly."

"He's pondering whether bagels from Kulikov are bigger than those from Lemberg."

"He's riding on two horses."

"He's swimming in the Sea of Talmud."

"He's yelling like the woman in the bath."

"He's wondering where the chimney smoke goes."

"His head should fall off!"

"His flesh should be eaten by venereal disease."

"His luck should be as bright as a new moon."

"His mouth should be in his rear."

"Honor is measured by him who gives it, not by him who receives it."

"Honey on the tongue, gall in the heart."

"Honor is like a shadow: the more you run after it, the farther it runs away."

"Hope for miracles but don?t rely on one."

"Hoping and waiting makes fools out of clever people."

"How does a cat cross over the water?"

"Honor is much dearer than money."

"Honors will came to you by themselves if you don?t run after them."

"Hurry up! (lit., give yourself a shake)"

"I am disappointed."

"I am (not) in a hurry."

"I am happy to make your acquaintance."

"I am fainting. A response to receiving extremely upsetting information or news (lit., it?s getting dark in my eyes)."

"I can?t sing, but I?m an expert on it."

"I can?t lead you astray."

"I complain and I keep going."

"I did wrong? So call me a nut!"

"I despise you. Go to the devil (lit., I whistle on you)."

"I don?t want to know."

"I don?t care. I should worry."

"I don?t envy you."

"I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet."

"I hate him."

"I have no alternative."

"I have a heartburn."

"I have no idea."