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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

The saying literally translates to "in the house of a blacksmith there are wooden spoons". In Poland we say "the shoemaker walks in shoes with holes". They all just means that people who build things as their job don't have the time to build those things for themselves.

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