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Ech - A groan, a disparaging exclamation
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Efsher - Maybe, could be
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Ei! Ei! - Yiddish exclamation equivalent to the English "Oh!" (See Oy!)
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Eingeshpahrt - Stubborn
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Eingetunken - Dipped, dunked
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Einhoreh - The evil eye, curse
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Eizel - Fool, dope
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Ek velt - End of the world
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Emes - The truth
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Er bolbet narishkeiten - He talks nonsense
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Er est vi noch a krenk. - He eats as if he just recovered from a sickness.
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Er frest vi a ferd. - He eats like a horse.
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Er hot a makeh. - He has nothing at all (Lit., He has a boil or a minor hurt.)
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Er hot nit zorg. - He hasn't got a worry.
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Er iz a niderrechtiker kerl! - He's a low down good-for-nothing.
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Er iz shoyn du, der nudnik! - The nuisance is here already!
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Er macht a tel fun dem. - He ruins it.
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Er zitst oyf shpilkes. - He's restless. (Lit., He sits on pins and needles.)
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Er zol vaksen vi a tsibeleh, mit dem kop in drerd! - He should grow like an onion, with his head in the ground!
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Eretz Yisroel - Land of Israel
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Es brent mir ahfen hartz. - I have a heartburn.
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Es gait nit! - It doesn't work! It isn't running smoothly!
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Es gefelt mir. - I like it. (Lit., It pleases, me.)
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Es hot zich oysgelohzen a boydem! - Nothing came of it! (Lit., There's nothing up there but a small attic.)
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Es iz a shandeh far di kinder! - It's a shame for the children! Things that should not be done in front of chilren.
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Es iz (tsu) shpet. - It is (too) late.
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Es ken gemolt zein. - It is conceivable. It is imaginable.
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Es macht mir nit oys. - It doesn't matter to me.
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Es past nit. - Is is not becoming. It is not fitting.
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Es tut mir a groisseh hanoeh! - It gives me great pleasure! (often said sarcastically ...meaning the opposite}
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Es tut mir bahng. - I'm sorry. (Lit., It sorrows me)
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Es tut mir vai - It hurts me.
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Es vert mir finster in di oygen. - I am fainting! (Lit., It's getting dark in my eyes.)
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Es vet gornit helfen! - Nothing will help!! Things won't change !
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Es vet helfen vi a toiten bahnkes! - It won't help (any)! (Lit., It will help like blood-cupping on a dead body.)
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Ess gezunterhait - Eat in good health
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Essen mitik - Dine
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Essen teg - Yeshiva students would arrange to be fed by various householders on a daily basis in different houses. (Lit., Eat days)
