the shoemaker's children go barefoot

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: errementariaren etxean, zotza burduntzi — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Chinese: 燒瓷的食缺,織蓆的睏椅 /烧瓷的食缺 — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Czech: kovářova kobyla chodí bosa — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Danish: smedens hest og skomagerens kone har ofte de dårligste sko — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Dutch: de kinderen van de schoenmaker gaan barrevoets — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Esperanto: ĉe botisto la ŝuo estas ĉiam kun truo — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Finnish: suutarin lapsilla ei ole kenkiä — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• French: les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chaussés — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Galician: en casa do ferreiro, coitelo de pau — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• German: die Kinder des Schusters haben die schlechtesten Schuhe — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Italian: in casa del ciabattino le scarpe sono sfondate — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Italian: il figlio del calzolaio va in giro con le scarpe rotte — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Italian: il calzolaio ha le scarpe rotte — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Italian: il sarto va con i calzoni strappati — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Malay: anak kera di hutan disusui, anak sendiri di rumah kebuluran — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Polish: szewc bez butów chodzi — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Portuguese: em casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Portuguese: em casa de ferreiro, o espeto é de pau — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Portuguese: casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Spanish: en casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Sranan Tongo: temreman oso no abi bangi — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Swedish: skomakarens hustru och smedens märr är alltid sämst skodda — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Turkish: terzi kendi söküğünü dikemez — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Venetan: a mojer del scorper va in giro coe scarpe rotte — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Walloon: c' est todi l' coibjhî k' est l' pus må tchåssî — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Walloon: c' est todi l' coibjhî l' pus må tchåssî — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Walloon: c' est todi les savtîs ki sont les pus må tchåssîs — one often neglects those closest to oneself
• Walloon: nolu n' est pus må tchåssî ki l' feme d' on coibjhî — one often neglects those closest to oneself