See clogs to clogs in three generations on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "From the common use of clogs by manual workers in north England and following the style of similar phrases which have been attested since 1700. The particular phrasing is perhaps of Lancashire origin. Compare shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "proverb" }, "expansion": "clogs to clogs in three generations", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "proverb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "British English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English proverbs", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English reduplications", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Finnish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchild's) generation." ], "id": "en-clogs_to_clogs_in_three_generations-en-proverb-RuYtdxPQ", "links": [ [ "Wealth", "wealth" ], [ "earn", "earn" ], [ "generation", "generation" ], [ "seldom", "seldom" ], [ "last", "last" ], [ "third", "third" ], [ "grandchild", "grandchild" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(UK) Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchild's) generation." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations" }, { "tags": [ "Chinese" ], "topics": [ "origin" ], "word": "wealth does not survive three generations" }, { "tags": [ "Chinese" ], "topics": [ "origin" ], "word": "sandals to sandals in three generations" }, { "tags": [ "Japanese" ], "topics": [ "origin" ], "word": "the third generation ruins the house" }, { "tags": [ "Australian" ], "topics": [ "origin" ], "word": "goon to Grange to goon" }, { "sense": "Italian origin", "word": "stables to stars to stables" } ], "tags": [ "UK" ], "translations": [ { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fù bùguò sān dài", "sense": "wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts", "word": "富不過三代 /富不过三代" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts", "word": "minkä yksi sukupolvi rakentaa, sen toinen kasvattaa ja kolmas hävittää" }, { "code": "de", "english": "earn it, bequeath it, spoil it", "lang": "German", "sense": "wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts", "word": "Erwerben, Vererben, Verderben" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Lancashire" ] } ], "word": "clogs to clogs in three generations" }
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