“Were his word a bridge, it would be risky to pass over it.”
Proverb
more infosource: 1001 Yiddish Proverbs, by Fred Kogos (Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1970), 127.
category: bridge, dangerous, instability, proverb, risk, untrustworthy, words, Yiddish proverbs
medium: proverb
notes: Yiddish translation: Oib zein vort volt gedint als brik, volt men moireh hoben aribergain.
“Better walk than ride like that.”
Proverb
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