APAD: The shoemaker's children always go barefoot

Meaning: Often those closest to a person don't benefit from the person's expertise

 

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In Chinese, I heard that "裁缝的孩子没衣穿" or "the tailor's children want for clothing."

 

Garrison Keillor joked that the pastor's kids can't name the Holy Trinity after

you give them the Father and the Son, and the orthopedist told his boy with a

broken arm: "Just put some ice on." :)))

 

 

现实就是那么残酷，从兜里掏出一把豪车钥匙的人是配钥匙的

噗，还没来得及看主贴。看这回帖就忍不住笑了。。当然，是笑中有泪的笑～～

多谢分享。内容很棒！仅就标题歪个楼：

当我们羡慕别人有漂亮的鞋子的同时，别人也在羡慕我们有健康的腿：））

按照这个逻辑

就没有实业从业者啦。

Some of the shoemaker's children go barefoot 才对

实际上许多谚语不make sense

种田的人没饭吃

挖煤的人受冻

Funny, cynical, and not exactly the same thing.

Yes. Let's stick with kids :-)

No. No sense at all, although they can be funny :-)

万恶的旧社会!

That is the truth

噗，你这回帖也太可爱了吧。哈哈

I was taught so :-)