the shoemaker's children go barefoot

English

Proverb

the shoemaker's children go barefoot

1. One often neglects those closest to oneself.

Related terms

• shoemaker, stick to your last

Translations

one often neglects those closest to oneself

Chinese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: suutarin lapsilla ei ole kenkiä (fi) Japanese: 紺屋の白袴 (ja) (こうやのしろばかま, kōya-no shirobakama) Portuguese: em casa de ferreiro, o espeto é de pau (pt), casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau (pt) (in a blacksmith's house the skewer is made of wood)

Russian: сапожник ходит без сапог (ru) (sapóžnik xódit bez sapóg) (shoemaker goes without boots)

References

• John Heywood (1497?–1580?), Proverbes. Part i. Chap. xi., #147
• Robert Burton (1577–1640), Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader., #2112