What are some yiddish curses?

Answer by  jlaird (190)

Let him suffer and remember.

Answer by  wrestler88 (192)

May you swallow an umbrella that later opens up inside you.

Answer by  notorious (249)

May your nose grow so much hair that it strains your soup.

Answer by  wrestler88 (192)

May you never be alone in bed -- you should always sleep with bedbugs.

Answer by  greysquirrel (239)

May you be blocked up from in front and from behind.

Answer by  altos (224)

He should be turned into a chandelier: to hang by day and burn by night.

Answer by  benicio (257)

He should give it all to doctors.

Answer by  notorious (249)

As a parent, I think this is a great one: May you have twelve healthy children. And then may someone give one of them a whistle.

Answer by  hefito (226)

My favorite goes something like: May all your teeth fall out but one so you may have a toothache.

Answer by  Anonymous

May a child be named for you soon. (This sounds almost complimentary, but is a curse because there is a strong tradition among Ashkenazi Jews of never naming a child after someone living, since this would be a kinehora and would tempt the evil eye.)

Answer by  Iamstrong (659)

Yiddish curses are unlike their English counterparts. The yiddish curses are not single words but a combination of two or more which become a phrase such as fardreyen zolstu mit di fis or "may your feet be twisted. " An example of what we would perceive as "nasty" is yemakh shmoy meaning "may his name be blotted out. " (no memory of)

Answer by  shalom (271)

One misfortune is too few for him.

Answer by  martin (522)

One of my Dad's favorites is "Yayder essl kent das. " This means, "Any donkey knows that," and it's what you would say to someone who has just told you something incredibly obvious.

Answer by  apple (447)

She should have stones and not children.

Answer by  Anonymous

May you have 12 children and may someone give one of them a whistle..

Answer by  Anonymous

he should go nuts and run around