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COBBLERS CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS WORST SHOD [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims
Key term(s)
  • the shoe maker's children always go barefoot
  • the shoe maker's son always goes barefoot
  • the shoe maker's wife is always ill-shod
  • the shoemaker's children go barefoot
  • the shoemaker's son goes barefoot
  • the cobbler's children are the worst shod

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
OBS

Bien que l'on entend souvent l'expression «cordonnier mal chaussé», il ne s'agit pas d'une forme correcte.

Spanish

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