"those who can't use their head must use their back" meaning in Englisch

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Phrase

  1. die, die ihren Kopf nicht gebrauchen können, müssen es tragen
    Sense id: de-those_who_can't_use_their_head_must_use_their_back-en-phrase-n1Xau3qT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (die, die ihren Kopf nicht gebrauchen können, müssen es tragen): was man nicht im Kopf hat, hat man in den Beinen (Deutsch), дурная голова ногам покоя не даёт (durnaja golova nogam pokoja ne daët) (Russisch), akılsız başın cezasını ayaklar çeker (Türkisch)
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          "text": "When he realised that he had forgot his wallet, he had to return to his flat and so couldn't reach the train. As you can see again, those who can't use their head must use their back!",
          "translation": "Als er bemerkte, dass er seine Geldbörse vergessen hatte, musste er in seine Wohnung zurück und verpasste so den Zug. Wie man wieder sieht: was man nicht im Kopf hat, hat man in den Beinen!"
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      "sense": "die, die ihren Kopf nicht gebrauchen können, müssen es tragen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "was man nicht im Kopf hat, hat man in den Beinen"
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      "lang": "Russisch",
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      "roman": "durnaja golova nogam pokoja ne daët",
      "sense": "die, die ihren Kopf nicht gebrauchen können, müssen es tragen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "дурная голова ногам покоя не даёт"
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      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "die, die ihren Kopf nicht gebrauchen können, müssen es tragen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "akılsız başın cezasını ayaklar çeker"
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  "word": "those who can't use their head must use their back"
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          "translation": "Als er bemerkte, dass er seine Geldbörse vergessen hatte, musste er in seine Wohnung zurück und verpasste so den Zug. Wie man wieder sieht: was man nicht im Kopf hat, hat man in den Beinen!"
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  "word": "those who can't use their head must use their back"
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