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"ref": "1999, Stephen King, “Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling”, in Hearts in Atlantis, Hodder & Stoughton, page 493",
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"ref": "2005, Michka Assayas, “Faith Versus Luck”, in Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas, New York: Riverhead books, page 309",
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"word": "the cobbler's children are the worst shod"
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"code": "eu",
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "errementariaren etxean, zotza burduntzi"
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
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"word": "ĉe botisto la ŝuo estas ĉiam kun truo"
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"word": "suutarin lapsilla ei ole kenkiä"
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"word": "les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chaussés"
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"word": "en casa do ferreiro, coitelo de pau"
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"word": "die Kinder des Schusters haben die schlechtesten Schuhe"
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"note": "הַסַנְדְּלָר הוֹלֵךְ יָחֵף (hasandlár holékh yakhéf, literally “the shoemaker walks barefoot”)",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself"
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"word": "in casa del ciabattino le scarpe sono sfondate"
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "il figlio del calzolaio va in giro con le scarpe rotte"
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"word": "il sarto va con i calzoni strappati"
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"note": "紺屋の白袴 (こうやのしろばかま, kōya-no shirobakama, literally “a navy blue shop's white skirt”)",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself"
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"note": "医者の不養生 (いしゃのふようじょう, isha-no fuyōjō, literally “the doctor's neglect of his health”)",
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"note": "کوزهگر از کوزه شکسته آب میخورد (kuze-gar az kuze šekaste âb mi-xorad, literally “The potter drinks water from broken pots.”)",
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "em casa de ferreiro, o espeto é de pau"
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"note": "сапо́жник хо́дит без сапо́г (sapóžnik xódit bez sapóg, literally “the shoemaker goes without boots”)",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself"
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"word": "terzi kendi söküğünü dikemez"
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "a mojer del scorper va in giro coe scarpe rotte"
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "c' est todi l' coibjhî k' est l' pus må tchåssî"
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"note": "אַלע שוסטערס גייען באָרוועס (ale shusters geyen borves, literally “all shoemakers walk barefoot”)",
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "errementariaren etxean, zotza burduntzi"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "鞋匠兒子打赤腳"
},
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"roman": "xiéjiang érzi dǎ chìjiǎo",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "鞋匠儿子打赤脚"
},
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "kovářova kobyla chodí bosa"
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "smedens hest og skomagerens kone har ofte de dårligste sko"
},
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "ĉe botisto la ŝuo estas ĉiam kun truo"
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "suutarin lapsilla ei ole kenkiä"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chaussés"
},
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "en casa do ferreiro, coitelo de pau"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "die Kinder des Schusters haben die schlechtesten Schuhe"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "הַסַנְדְּלָר הוֹלֵךְ יָחֵף (hasandlár holékh yakhéf, literally “the shoemaker walks barefoot”)",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "in casa del ciabattino le scarpe sono sfondate"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "il figlio del calzolaio va in giro con le scarpe rotte"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "il calzolaio ha le scarpe rotte"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "il sarto va con i calzoni strappati"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "紺屋の白袴 (こうやのしろばかま, kōya-no shirobakama, literally “a navy blue shop's white skirt”)",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "医者の不養生 (いしゃのふようじょう, isha-no fuyōjō, literally “the doctor's neglect of his health”)",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "کوزهگر از کوزه شکسته آب میخورد (kuze-gar az kuze šekaste âb mi-xorad, literally “The potter drinks water from broken pots.”)",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "szewc bez butów chodzi"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "em casa de ferreiro, o espeto é de pau"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "casa de ferreiro, espeto de pau"
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"note": "сапо́жник хо́дит без сапо́г (sapóžnik xódit bez sapóg, literally “the shoemaker goes without boots”)",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "en casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo"
},
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"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "temreman oso no abi bangi"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "skomakarens hustru och smedens märr är alltid sämst skodda"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "terzi kendi söküğünü dikemez"
},
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"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "a mojer del scorper va in giro coe scarpe rotte"
},
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "c' est todi l' coibjhî k' est l' pus må tchåssî"
},
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "c' est todi l' coibjhî l' pus må tchåssî"
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "c' est todi les savtîs ki sont les pus må tchåssîs"
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "one often neglects those closest to oneself",
"word": "nolu n' est pus må tchåssî ki l' feme d' on coibjhî"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"note": "אַלע שוסטערס גייען באָרוועס (ale shusters geyen borves, literally “all shoemakers walk barefoot”)",
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