A Yiddish proverb

[nu57]

Does someone know the Yiddish analogue of the Russian proverb "Яблоко от яблони недалеко падает" (literally - "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree", the English "Like father, like son")?
Something about cat's babies inevitably mewing.

Thanks.

Upd. Cross to ru_yiddish .

Comments

[pne]

I can't help you with Yiddish, but in modern German, the proverb is very similar: "Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm", the apple doesn't fall far from the (tree) trunk.

[nu57]

Thanks, so it's written also here (this site quotes it in many languages, but unfortunately not in Yiddish)

[pne]

Ah, I should have followed your link. Apologies.

[hector_von_kyiv]

A Captain Obvious sort of thing :)

[marnanel]

I can't help you with the proverb, but it may help in other ways to know that "Yiddish" starts with a vowel, so it's "a Yiddish proverb", not "an Yiddish proverb".

[pne]

"Yiddish" starts with a vowel

Should be "...starts with a consonant", of course.

[marnanel]

Er, yes. Thinko. Thanks for pointing that out.

[nu57]

Thank you very much for your wise correction of my stupid misprint.

[muckefuck]

I don't know your one about cats, but there is a Yiddish version of the Russian/English/German/etc. saying, i.e. "Dos epl falt nit vayt fun boym." There's also an equivalent of "Like father, like son" ("Vi der tate, azoy der zun").

[nu57]

Thanks! Here in ru_yiddish they suggested also some other versions, including the one about cats.

[muckefuck]

I've never seen that one about cats in any Yiddish source. I'd be curious to know where ma_rs learned it.

[nu57]

I'll ask her